Sainz laments ‘not a very clean session’ after Q1 exit at his home race

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AI GeneratedCarlos reflects on a difficult qualifying session where a few key errors and a lack of straight-line performance prevented him from reaching Q2. Despite missing the cut, he remains determined to maximize his result in tomorrow's race, though he acknowledges that he will likely rely on others' mistakes to climb the midfield standings.
Carlos, just missing out on Q2 at the end there. Can you sum that session up from your side?
Yeah, not a very clean session. Two or three issues that cost us probably there at the end,
the five milliseconds maybe to go to Q2, combination of just lacking a bit of performance
on the straights. After looking at that lap, a couple of tenths, then going very early for
the last run and also impeding now Valtteri. I just heard that we impeded him without any
notice from the pit wall, so yeah, not our cleanest session. Still did a pretty good lap,
but unfortunately not enough to make it through Q2.
What about tomorrow? If you can keep things clean, do you still sense an opportunity ahead?
You've got the crowd behind you. You're staying at your parents' house this weekend as well,
aren't you?
Yeah, we will try our best to come back and make a good start. We depend on the others because
we're more than half a second off from this next car in the midfield, so we depend on the others
making mistakes for sure, but we're going to give it our best shot. We're going to see
the others get into trouble and then try and get a clean race.
Thanks, Carlos.
