Williams Racing driver Carlos Sainz has opened up on the brake hearth incident that prompted him to retire from the Austrian Grand Prix earlier than it even began. This follows Sainz’s complaints in regards to the brakes on the day gone by in qualifying, when he declared the automotive was undriveable.
The poor qualifying prompted the Spaniard to start out the race from P19. Sadly, he was unable to get his FW47 F1 automotive going within the formation lap till the yellow flags had been waved. As soon as he set off, Sainz returned to the pit lane, solely to seek out the rear brakes of his automotive on hearth. Happily, the group was capable of douse the flames in time.
Sainz’s automotive was then taken into the storage, leading to a DNS on the Austrian GP. Describing the issue, the 30-year-old driver advised that the rear brakes on his automotive had engaged, which prevented him from setting off within the formation lap. He advised the media:
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“Properly, now we have to see if there may be some form of relationship between yesterday and right this moment. The very fact is that one other downside that now we have to see precisely what might have occurred. The automotive was braked from behind once I began the engine, and I couldn’t transfer.
“I managed to reset it, I did a lap, and it stopped once more from the again and we needed to retire. However sure, many issues are taking place to us these days. The reality is that this primary half of the yr is being a bit heavy in that sense as a result of issues hold taking place to us, however in some unspecified time in the future, all this unhealthy luck will finish, and issues will begin to work out.”
Sainz’s teammate Alex Albon additionally ended his race earlier than the chequered flag fell. Williams needed to name him again into the storage and retire the automotive, which marked his third consecutive DNF. The outfit is uncertain in regards to the root reason for the issue and has launched an investigation to stop an analogous incident.
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Addressing the issues that plagued his and Albon’s FW47, Sainz added:
“As a group additionally now now we have had an issue with Alex, by the seems to be of it. So now we have to seek out out why we’re having so many issues each in qualifying and within the race. As a result of it is already a number of weekends that now we have brake issues, engine issues, overheating. Generally we’re a bit bit weak in that sense.”
Describing the Austrian GP as a disastrous race weekend, Sainz mentioned:
“Sure, very poor, actually. All weekend with issues, and now each vehicles are out. It’s kind of of a disastrous weekend for us, however now we have to grit our enamel and see how we are able to enhance.”
