The Spaniard lined up sixth on the grid following Charles Leclerc’s formation lap retirement however misplaced out on the getaway to Sergio Perez and George Russell to slide to eighth by the point the race was red-flagged for a hefty Flip 1 shunt involving Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen.
Sainz then radioed to say his crew wanted to “bin” the clutch as he bemoaned begin issues all weekend. He would later complain concerning the left gear shift paddle “sticking”.
The Singapore GP winner confirmed it was a defective half somewhat than a calibration concern.
Requested by Autosport to clarify his poor getaway, Sainz mentioned: “[It was] the identical as [Saturday] and the identical as each single begin that I’ve completed this weekend.
“I’m very disillusioned as a result of it clearly price us most likely some factors over the weekend.
“We had an issue because the starting of follow. We weren’t in a position to actually tune it and adapt it to the monitor and we now have been struggling rather a lot with getaways and it is such a disgrace.”
Sainz added that launches had been a energy of Ferrari all season however realised shortly that the crew was “struggling rather a lot”.
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Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-23
Sainz’s personal reliability scares got here after second-starting team-mate Charles Leclerc crashed out on the formation lap as a consequence of an electronics failure that killed the engine hydraulics and energy steering.
“Thank God nothing occurred to me,” mentioned Sainz. “It is a disgrace as a result of I feel with Charles within the race it could have been an incredible alternative to remove factors from Mercedes.
“But in addition, the automobile tempo wasn’t nice both. So, Aston [Martin], McLaren and Pink Bull had been up in entrance, and we could not struggle them actually a lot. A missed alternative, I feel.”
Ferrari crew boss Fred Vasseur reckoned the clutch points for Sainz weren’t as widespread as his driver had made out, saying that the launch on the restart after the crimson flag was spot on.
The French engineer defined: “On the primary begin, he had a poor begin. The second went effectively. We have to perceive precisely what occurred on the primary one, nevertheless it was not the very best.
“We’re struggling slightly bit with the begins. Clearly, when you have a glance, it’s marginal however the second went fairly effectively.
“[Interlagos] can be a bit tougher since you’re beginning together with your place slightly bit on a hill.”
Vasseur reckoned that Sainz’s gearshift concern had solely lasted for one nook.
Extra reporting by Adam Cooper