Vanja #66 wrote: ↑18 Jun 2023, 15:31
Sainz' Q3 lap and the lack of awareness and respect for other drivers in the final chicane are simply appaling. I want to say someone in the team should talk to him about it, but everyone else is dropping the ball just as bad
Sainz lack of respect for other drivers? OMG, you know...
1- It´s the engineer who must say if a fast car is coming when the driver is waiting for a gap to start the lap. There´s no zoom in the mirrors, if a car is coming 500m back at 300kmh while you´re almost stopped, it´s not possible to see it in the mirrors until it´s too late, your engineer must tell you. Let alone on a wet track with reduced visibility
2- Did you notice a car (not sure if a haas or Alfa) passed Carlos when they both were waiting for a gap to start the fast lap, wich is within the rules, but normally drivers respect track position in that situation, so he forced Carlos to move out of the line, delay his lap start and that was the reason for the impeding? That is the driver who showed lack of respect for other drivers, for Carlos exactly, not the other way around
3- It was a tight situation with around 7-8 seconds for the checkered flag, so only two options, go for the lap even if you block someone, or move out of the line even if you can´t do your own lap. Do you think moving out of the line and be eliminated in Q1 was a better option for Carlos?
Deserved penalty anycase as Gasly lap was ruined, but accusing Sainz of lack of respect for other drivers, and even saying he´s appaling, when he could do little or nothing to prevent it, IMHO is a baffling overreaction
Specially when at the same time most people not even mention Lecrerc mistake this Q sesion, wich IMHO was a lot more severe as he failed to do a good enough lap with inters, despite 3 drivers went to Q3 using only inters in Q2, but in this case people only blame the team for not switching to slicks soon enough... ok that´s true, as it is that Hamilton, Russel and Alonso went to Q3 using only inters in Q2, so it´s obvious Lecrerc could have do it much better