Today was meant to be a great weekend for Ferrari after the Italian Scuderia dominated the whole weekend. P1 and P3 in qualifying for Leclerc and Sainz was set to give the Italians a great points haul. However, things would get complicated for the red team and they would only get a 4^th place with Carlos Sainz.

Sainz, one of the local heroes, had a complicated grand prix after losing two positions at the early stages of the grand prix and going off at turn 4 in the seventh lap. The Spaniard would fall to the 11^th place from where he could eventually recover to the 4^th place.

Speaking to the media after the race. Sainz Jr couldn´t hide his frustration and explained he had to struggle the whole race “Very busy. Not a great one. I struggled the whole way fighting some balance issues but also after the spin picked up quite a bit of damage in the floor and from there lack in downforce. A good fight back arrived until P5 and then from that it was that. A bit of a shame it was a struggle the whole way through.”

When asked on what happened in turn 4 whether it was a gust of wind he said: “Probably yes. These cars are very sensitive to the wind probably I was caught out by a gust of wind and that corner entry there was a lot of tailwind especially at the beginning of the race: probably Max suffered something similar and it´s difficult to react to that but it´s how it goes sometimes.”

Sainz couldn´t hide the heartbreak for not making it to the podium at his home grand prix in front of sold out stands: “I was going into the race hoping to fight for the win and the podium.”

“[I'm] not satisfied. Less satisfied with the balance and the feeling that I have with the car which is still not there but we´re fighting, we´re trying to find the solutions and I´m sure we will get that.”