Scuderia Ferrari Spanish driver Carlos Sainz admitted that he struggled to “get into a rhythm” in the tricky conditions during the 2022 Formula Singapore Grand Prix, which took place on Sunday at the 5.063-kilometre Marina Bay Street Circuit
The Spaniard was able to overtake the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton with a nice move at the race start to climb up to P3, but never really had the pace to challenge Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and his Maranello teammate Charles Leclerc, as the Ferrari driver finished third 7.7 seconds behind Charles Leclerc in third place, and was even briefly under threat from the McLaren of Lando Norris at a certain stage of the Singapore Grand Prix, before eventually managing to build a gap for the final part of the race.
Carlos Sainz explained the lack of pace on struggling with the rear of the F1-75 car during the most important part of the Singapore race, the crossover phase between the Intermediate tyre and dry slicks.
“Never really got into a rhythm in the wet” – Carlos Sainz admitted, at the end of the Marina Bay race – “I couldn’t challenge for the top two guys because I was always struggling a bit more with the rear of the car. So in the end, in these conditions, when you don’t have that extra bit of confidence in the car I had to settle for third place. The good thing is I didn’t do any mistakes, I could bring the car home and be quick towards the end of the race when I managed to build a bit of confidence.” – the Spanish driver added.
The Singapore Grand Prix finished under time given the track conditions and the slow pace in the first part of the race, with the drivers running on the Intermediate Pirelli tyres. As a result, the full race distance was not complete.
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Given the fact that more than 46 laps were completed means that drivers were awarded full points, but Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz commented also wanted to point out that it was “crazy” how long it took to complete a lap around the Marina Bay Street Circuit:
“[It’s] crazy how long it takes here to drive, we keep doing laps and you keep looking at the track and the dry line never appears in some places and it [the car] keeps sliding a lot. But it’s definitely something to keep in mind for future because this track is pretty unique on that.” – Carlos Sainz concluded.
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