Carlos Sainz ‘struggling to understand’ Ferrari turnaround in Mexico qualifying

Sainz will join teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc on the front row of th꧒e grid for Sunday’s Mexico Ci💟ty Grand Prix after surprising everyone in Q3.
In the lead up to the final segment of qualifying, it looked like Ferrari was a step behind🐲 Red Bull and Mercedes in the fight for pole.
Leclerc and Sainz claimed first and second after the initial runs in Q3 - where they stayed - as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen was unable to topple them.
When asked about Ferrari’s upturn in form in the l🐼atter ꦐpart of qualifying, Sainz couldn’t explain it.
“Honestly, it was a very strange on😼e,” Sainz said.
“I've struggled all weekend to put a lap together and the first one I put a lap together [for] it was P1 at the time and then Charles beat me by hal♌f a tenth, one tenth.
“I just struggle to understand whereဣ suddenly we can find half a second and then go half a second slower in th🃏e next lap.

“It's very trick🍰y with the tyres, the feeling with the car is very strange around this circuit. But we managed to put a good lap when it counted and it puts us in a good position for tomorrow.”
Ferrari have typically struggled on race day, particularly with tyre wear in F1 2023.
Looking ahead to the race, Sainz said: “Clearly we are🐼 not as strong in high fuel as we are in low fuel.
“I think our car benefits a lot from that new tyre, soft tyre feel at the rear 🅷and we are going to see how we are going to do tomorrow to keep those tyres alive to keepꦛ that Red Bull behind.
"Having two cars in front is a good advaꦺntage, so we are going to try our best.”

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