Carlos Sainz gave his vision of the accident he had with Czech Perez in the penultimate race of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix of Formula 1but at no time did he blame the Grid Bull. Neither did the Mexican, in a common gesture of sportsmanship and respect after an incident that spoiled the performance of both in the middle of the fight for the podium.
The Spaniard began by emphasizing that his health and that of his opponent are fine: “First of all. “Happy and calm that he and I are fine after a very strong impact.” Immediately afterwards, he gave his feelings and his first assessment of what happened: “Very frustrated because I had a very good race. When I met them, I knew that this could happen relatively easily. I first moved to the Czech Republic, then I thought I could move to Charles Leclerc. For some reason I still don’t understand, we touched. “You have to turn the page, that’s what racing is all about and move on to the next one.”
“I think that today I have, on the one hand, a good taste in my mouth for having gone so fast on a difficult circuit for me, but on the other hand, the bitter taste of not having reached the podium. I was not defending myself against him, I did not make an aggressive maneuver and for a reason that I do not understand, we touched,” said Sainz, analyzing positively his driving until the fatal accident.
Asked about Checo’s comments, who said that the last driver he wanted to collide with was Sainz, the Madrid native responded as follows: “I was perplexed because of the radio, I wasn’t doing anything strange and suddenly there was an accident. Things about racing, there are days when things don’t work out. Checo didn’t want there to be an accident either. “I don’t know what to say, you’re speechless.”
Finally, Sainz has already set his sights on the next one Singapore GP. “Today I had the pace to win. The important thing is that today for 30 laps I drove very fast on a circuit where I didn’t expect it. In Singapore I can do even better,” he told the circuit media. Baku.
Sainz’s respect and Checo’s words
Checo was also a gentleman and did not seek reproach: “I come out of the corner with a lot of space between the two cars and as Leclerc heads towards my line, Carlos tries to follow in his wake. “The impact was very quick, we don’t even have time to react.” Furthermore, he made it clear that he did not want any incident with the Spaniard: “The last person he wanted to have this contact with was Carlos. “It’s a total disaster.”
