The most repeated expression by Carlos Sainz when you comment on your Miami GP is “Operational errors.” And without half inks, the Williams pilot recognizes that his ninth place on Sunday falls short, for various reasons, with respect to the enormous potential of the FW47 in the Florida circuit: “Obviously, obviously, It is a lost occasion. It was a weekend to finish in the top five or six, but with so many operational errors and when I left with the wheel used in Sunday’s race, and have to defend my teammate twice with the damaged car … it has cost me enough points. On the other hand, at the end of my sports career I will not distinguish between a fifth or a ninth here in Miami, the important thing is not to make the mistakes we have made so that the day we can win a race, we win it. ”
Sainz adds seven points and is the 13th World Cup classified. Albon (8th) has 30 points. Carlos lamented a touch with his partner at the exit that subtracted aerodynamic load points from the beginning of the race: “Contact with Alex cost me much of the benefits In the first ‘stint’. We were also the only ones to go out with the tire used by operational errors at the beginning of the weekend. It was complicated, although I planted a good battle and endured the guy against cars with a freshest wheel with more aerodynamic load than me. Then I had bad luck with the virtual security car because the Ferrari took advantage and put me under pressure in the second ‘stint’. In the end I ended up accusing to stop the damage as soon. ”
The positive, that Williams was a plane in Miami and the Thai beat a Mercedes and two Ferrari. “Being in the fight with Mercedes and Ferrari is encouraging. With a new starting tire and without damage to the car he would have been in the fight for fifth position. It is disappointing not to maximize it, but we made too many operational mistakes. We will see how to improve, ”says the Madrid pilot.
Among the reasons, the type of layout and a particular asphalt, but above all An FW47 adjusted almost perfection: “The balance was at the sweet point of the car, it is the first time I feel so balanced as in the Bahrain tests, where we were not far from the ‘Top’ teams. Those sensations were replicated in Miami, that shows that if we take the car to the right point, things go well. Potentially, there will be clues in which we can be in the fight this year, although in other circuits I am sure that it will not be so.
