Saturday, 4 December 2021
-    Free Practice 3: P8, 1:29.149, 19 laps
-    Qualifying: P15, 1:52.652, 16 laps

• A snap of oversteer into Turn 11 cut short Carlos Sainz’s ambitions, as he was eliminated in Q2 in the Qualifying session.
• The Spanish driver avoided what could have been a big crash, but the right endplate of his rear wing was still compromised as it clipped the barriers of the track.
• The mechanics tried to fix it just so that Carlos could put in a quick lap before the end of Q2, but the wing wasn’t able to take in the load and it gave in again.

QUOTES:
"Today’s qualifying is a tough one to digest. I’ve been fast and comfortable with the car all weekend and a single snap has jeopardized the entire qualifying and tomorrow’s race. Q1 was very promising and I knew from previous sessions I was also fast with the Medium compound. However, a very aggressive snap of oversteer in turn 11 made me lose the car and, although I managed to avoid a big crash, I clipped the wall and damaged the rear wing. Weird, because I hadn’t experienced that snap in any other run since Friday".

"There was no time to replace the damaged end plate and the guys did their best to fix it before going out again. I was quite fast in the first part of the lap but as soon as I put some load on the rear wing in a more difficult corner I realized the downforce was very compromised and I had to abort. The race tomorrow is uncertain and anything can happen. I have confidence on my pace and will give it all to make up some positions and try to score some good points".

COMING UP:
Sunday, 5 December 2021
-    Race: 20:30 local time (18:30 CET)