Welcome at RacingNews365

Become part of the largest racing community in the United Kingdom. Create your free account now!

  • Share your thoughts and opinions about F1
  • Win fantastic prizes
  • Get access to our premium content
  • Take advantage of more exclusive benefits
Sign in
Carlos Sainz

Sainz struck by Ferrari brake roulette issue

The Spanish driver performed well despite the problems affecting his car in Singapore practice.

Sainz Qualifying Zandvoort
Article
To news overview © XPBimages

Carlos Sainz has detailed how a season-long brake problem with Ferrari affected his running in practice at the Singapore Grand Prix.

The defending race-winner placed third in both sessions, but was nearly six-tenths behind in the second, more representative session after being within striking range of team-mate Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris in the opening hour of running. 

Sainz suffered a significant lock-up and ran down the Turn 16 escape road at one point, but despite the struggles with the SF-24, the Spanish racer was confident of hitting back and challenging for the remainder of the weekend.

"It's been a bit of a topic this year in our team where we have run into some brake issues on Friday - and it was my turn to face them," Sainz explained.

"There was a lot of inconsistency on the brakes all throughout FP2, especially on the cooldown and out laps, we were having plenty of issues, which doesn't help the confidence and preparation for the weekend. 

"Whenever we're not having these issues and having clean laps, we're quite quick out there, so it is not something that concerns me if we manage to put everything together.

"We have a strong car to be in the fight, and Lando was quick, but Red Bull and Mercedes are still yet to show their hands."

Also interesting:

Join RacingNews365’s Ian, Sam and Nick as they look back on last weekend’s Azerbaijan GP and look ahead to this weekend’s race in Singapore. McLaren taking the lead of the title and Red Bull now being the hunter are key talking points.

Prefer to watch the podcast? Then click here!

We're giving away no less than 10 scale models and 10 caps among our YouTube subscribers! Enter now for a chance to win one of these prizes by subscribing to our YouTube channel and commenting under the video using the button below.

Subscribe, comment & win

Join the conversation!

x
SPECIAL The day Bianchi achieved the impossible and saved his F1 team