Sunday, 5 November 2023:
- Race: P6, 71 laps
- Carlos Sainz scored eight points in the Sao Paulo GP that narrow the gap to Mercedes in the fight for the second place in the Constructors’ Championship.
- Seventh in the Starting Grid and the last remaining Ferrari due to an issue in his teammate’s car during the formation lap, the Spaniard struggled with the clutch at the start and demoted two places.
- After a red flag period due to a crash at the start, Carlos managed his Soft tyres to push back his first pit-stop as much as possible.
- In the second stint, on Medium tyres, he overtook on track both Mercedes to move up to sixth place. He crossed the finish line in that same position.
- With this result, Ferrari stays third in the Constructors’ Championship and narrows the gap to Mercedes to 20 points with two races still to go.
QUOTES:
“It was a difficult day. The starts were not good due to a clutch problem that we also had yesterday and we lost some positions there. From there on, I was able to pass both Mercedes on track, but that was it. Unfortunately, today Aston Martin, Red Bull and McLaren were faster than us and P6 was the maximum.”
“It is a big shame that Charles didn't have the chance to start the race as we could have scored very important points against Mercedes here in Brazil.”
“Now it’s time to recharge our batteries and hopefully we will be back in good form in Las Vegas.”
COMING UP:
Las Vegas GP, Las Vegas – 16-18 November 2023
