Nonetheless, the Spaniard was left pissed off by a scarcity of tempo after he drove a lonely race from fifth on the grid to fifth on the flag, ending 58 seconds behind winner Max Verstappen, and away from teammate Charles Leclerc.
From the beginning of the weekend it was obvious that Ferrari confronted compromises on energy unit efficiency on the excessive altitude circuit, and the workforce was left struggling behind each Pink Bull and Mercedes.
“I feel I drove a reasonably good race, however if you see the gap to the chief, there was not way more in it,” mentioned Sainz when requested by Motorsport.com about his afternoon.
“We all know the compromises we needed to take for this weekend, we knew going into the race that we have been going to be sluggish.
“However yeah, we maximised the factors that the automotive might take at this time, and no less than in a optimistic word we did not lose an excessive amount of, and now we will give attention to Brazil and Abu Dhabi the place we count on to be again within the tempo.”
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari F1-75, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari F1-75, Fernando Alonso, Alpine A522
Picture by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Photographs
Sainz didn’t wish to elaborate on these energy unit compromises, and as a substitute wished to solely give attention to the optimistic points of his race.
“From my facet it is a technical factor that I favor to not remark an excessive amount of,” he mentioned. “I might favor to give attention to the positives that I do know it was a great race for me, and at last with out doing a race in a month, to be again within the automotive and to do a powerful race, good tempo, it was no less than one thing optimistic.”
He added: “The altitude typically right here could be robust, however I feel I drove a reasonably good race. For as soon as I used to be very fast, and sadly we have been one minute off the tempo.”
After a disappointing qualifying Sainz had urged that the automotive could be higher on excessive gas within the race, however his ultimate verdict was blended.
He mentioned: “Dealing with sure, tempo no. Dealing with I used to be snug, I might do constant lap instances, first rate tyre administration, however we have been simply sluggish. Sadly, we did not choose up any tempo in comparison with quali.”