Scuderia Ferrari Spanish driver Carlos Sainz speaking after qualifying second for the 2024 Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix at the 6.2-kilometre Las Vegas Strip Circuit in Nevada, USA:
“Very tricky. That was a tough, tight qualy. A bit closer to pole than I was expecting. Actually, I thought I had pole but then George came very, very quick at the end, but very happy. We are starting in a good position for tomorrow. P2 last yesr but 12th on the grid because of the famous drain cover. This year I start P2 so hopefully we can make a better one. We need to stay confident that tomorrow we can be fighting at the front even more than today. So if today we were close in qualy tomorrow we might have a chance at going for the win and that will be the target. Obviously passing and strategy will be a different thing tomorrow. I feel like today Mercedes were very good at switching those tyres on. If you see in sector one they were flying, they were three tenths up on us, and we were coming back as the lap was going on. But tomorrow is a clean sheet, new start and we’ll see how the car is going on high fuel. I honestly think we need wins to beat McLaren [to the Constructors’ Championship]. So we need to win.”
Here is the full interview of Carlos Sainz after the qualifying session for the Las Vegas Grand Prix:
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