Sainz misplaced management of his automobile on the closing nook, hitting the barrier with the left-hand facet of the automobile with a 22G affect.
However, he tried to get going, however his entrance wing grew to become dislodged underneath the entrance wheels.
He was unable to seek out reverse to again away and drive across the damaged wing, so he needed to abandon the automobile and drop out of qualifying in Q2.
He was so shocked by the sudden lack of management that he went again to the storage to overview the info, the place the function of the wind grew to become obvious, a discovery that he admitted made him “extra calm”.
Sainz had been fourth quickest in FP3 on Sunday morning and repeated that efficiency in Q1, making the crash on the closing nook of the lap much more disappointing.
“Yeah, very irritating,” he mentioned. “And to be trustworthy I am additionally very shocked, it is not a mistake that I’ve carried out in a very long time.
“I went right away to the storage to see what had occurred on the info, and what I might have carried out in another way.
“After taking a look at it, to be trustworthy, I am extra calm about it, as a result of I noticed that I truly entered the nook 5km/h slower than within the earlier run. However there is a 35-40km/h gust of tailwind in comparison with a 10km/h tailwind in Q1, and this most likely simply despatched me on an enormous overseer.
“Unlucky, however on the similar time, I do not need to use it as an excuse. I feel I owe an apology to the workforce. However on the similar time, it is not one thing that I will dwell an excessive amount of on, as a result of I’ve seen the info, and it has left me a bit extra calm about it.”
Carlos Sainz Jr., Ferrari SF21 crashes in qualifying
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Sainz acknowledged that the Ferrari will not be often a wind delicate automobile.
“These automobiles are massively wind delicate, as you may think about. However I’ve pushed [ones with] worse wind sensitivities. And that is why possibly it caught me unexpectedly a bit. It’s what it’s.
“I noticed that I had entered the nook slower than within the earlier run, I mentioned, ‘Okay, I did not strive something loopy or something silly, and I simply misplaced it.’ It is the way it goes generally, it is how motorsport works, and be taught from it.”
Sainz acknowledged that even when he had been in a position to get the automobile to the pits, his session was most likely over because of the sheer scale of the affect.
“I could not discover reverse. So possibly one thing to look into there. I imply, after 22G I am suspecting I needed to keep 20 minutes within the medical checks as a result of it was a giant hit.
“I am suspecting that it was over. My spirit of by no means giving up this time did not work!”
Sainz might nonetheless drop additional down the grid from fifteenth ought to his workforce be obliged to alter his gearbox. That would open up the opportunity of a pitlane begin and making set-up adjustments to make it simpler to overhaul.