Poor Australian GP Starting Position Leaves Carlos Sainz Distraught- “I’m Not Going to Be Happy at All”

Carlos Sainz is kicking himself after today’s Australian Grand Prix qualification. Excelling in both Q1 and Q2, Sainz finished Q3 at P9. Way below from where he would’ve thought he would. The Ferrari only has himself to blame as he went into Q3. Sainz hit the grass which knocked him off his pace and now will start the race tomorrow from P9.

Heard on the team radio, Carlos Sainz cussing as he finished the qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix. However, the Ferrari SF21 is an incredible machine and Sainz would definitely try to gain positions throughout the race.

Carlos Sainz with a disastrous qualifying result

The two Ferrari men have been outperforming everyone in the current Formula 1 season. Only Red Bull has come close to them. But Ferrari would’ve wanted a better result for the Australian Grand Prix qualifying. Carlos Sainz finished the qualification and will start the race tomorrow at P9. A terrible result according to his and Ferrari’s standards.

At the post qualifying interview, Carlos was honest about his feelings. He said, “Everything that could’ve went wrong for me went wrong. I’m not going to be happy at all if anyone tells me to be happy.” 

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Carlos, hit by a string of bad luck throughout the qualifying, wasn’t helpful either. On one of his flying laps, according to which Sainz would’ve finished P3 provisionally, his time was disregarded because of a red flag. Ten meters before the finish line, a red flag was shown because of Fernando Alonso’s car crash

After the qualifying resumption with just seven minutes to go and all cars in the pit. Carlos performed a few warm-up laps before making an attempt, but was below par on both the flying laps. The hurried attempts did him no good. Because of this, he has to settle for P9 for tomorrow’s race. Right ahead of Fernando Alonso. Just something to note.

All’s not lost yet

Even after a disappointing qualifying for Sainz, the results of the race are yet to be seen. Sainz’s teammate, Charles Leclerc performed amazingly as he starts tomorrow’s race on Pole ahead of the Red Bull pair.

The Red Bull pair of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez will not be easy to defend. Red Bull has been the only constructor who has come close to the Ferraris’s until now.

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The Australian Grand Prix will be an exciting one, no matter where who starts. It would be interesting to see how Sergio Perez performs throughout the race after a poor qualifying.