Saturday, 7 October 2023
- Sprint Shootout: P5, 1:25.155, 21 laps
- Sprint: P6, 19 laps
- Carlos Sainz scored three points in the Sprint of the Qatar GP, where he finished in sixth place after enduring the degradation of the Soft tyres.
- Fifth on the Starting Grid after the Sprint Shootout, the Ferrari race driver did a great race start to move up to third.
- The Spaniard took care of his tyres, but graining kicked-in in the second half of the Sprint.
- Despite struggling with his tyres, Carlos took home a sixth place that is worth three Championship points.
QUOTES:
“It was a very hard Sprint race today. We didn't have any data on long runs so we decided to start on Soft, try to gain some places at the start and then manage the tyres to defend position. I managed to do a very good start and for the first few laps it looked like we could fight at the top. Unfortunately we started losing too much due to graining compared to our rivals with the Mediums and sixth was the best we could hold on to".
“We’ve learned important things for tomorrow and, even though it’s going to be a very challenging race for us, we’ll push until the end to get some more points".
COMING UP:
Sunday, 8 October 2023
- Race: 20:00 local time (19:00 CEST)
