Sainz Says He Missed His Pit Stop Because Of Team Radio Problems

Hello, is there everyone there? Losing your team radio isn’t unconfined at the weightier of times, but considering the tyre issues in Qatar, Ferrari’s visualization to try the one-stop strategy needed to be executed flawlessly. Unfortunately for them, Carlos Sainz Jr missed their message to pit. How?!

As it turns out, a wrenched radio meant he didn’t reservation the undeniability to box not once but twice. Up to that point, he’d seemed pretty solid in seventh on the mediums and would have been promoted to sixth without Pierre Gasly’s second stop.

The Prancing Horse ordered him to box to imbricate off Lance Stroll behind, who had pitted at the end of lap 23. However, as Esteban Ocon locked up superiority of him, Sainz sensed an opportunity and stayed out to try the overcut.

The problem was that Sainz lacked the pace to jump the Alpine without Ocon’s stop, and he was told to box twice on Lap 26. Confusion caused by the radio issues meant that by the time he finally heard it, he’d once fallen when into Stroll’s clutches.

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“Am I boxing or not?” he asked, sounding rather like a Dalek. Ferrari told him he should have, and the Spaniard twice apologised, ultimatum he “didn’t hear it”.

Consequently, Sainz found himself coming out of the pits overdue Stroll and staring at the Aston Martin’s rear end for the remainder of the race. Now that’s costly.

“We need to review what happened there with the radio considering I didn’t hear a box call, and maybe we lost out a bit by that call,” he said.

“In the end, maybe the unscratched tideway paid off considering the others did mistakes, but from my side, I couldn’t really push the whole race, and it was a bit of a wearisome one.”

Crossing the line in seventh might not have been what Sainz wanted, but with teammate Charles Leclerc finishing just overdue him in eighth, the Scuderia brought home a solid haul of points. They’ve extended their lead over rivals McLaren to 39.5 points, and both drivers have the potential to demote Lando Norris from fifth in the Drivers’ Championship.

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