Sainz blames gust of wind for second quarter crash

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Carlos Sainz attributes his fall in Q2 at the Hungarian Grand Prix to a gust of wind, and says it calmed his own frustrations about the incident.

The Ferrari driver had looked quick in practice and was about to complete a timed lap in the second part of qualifying when he quickly lost the rear on the final turn and hit the barrier. Although he tried to leave, the impact was too great and Sainz was knocked out, but he says the data shows that a change in the wind conditions led to the error.

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Very frustrating but I am also, to be honest, very surprised, Sainz said. This is a mistake that I haven’t made for a long time and I was very surprised about it, so I went straight to the garage to see what had happened, on the data, and what I was doing. could have done differently.

After taking a look at it I’m actually calmer about it – can tell I entered the corner 5 km / h slower than in the previous race, but there was a gust 35/40 km / h wind, compared to the 10 km / h wind we had in Q1, and that’s probably what sent me into a massive oversteer.

It’s unfortunate but I don’t want to use it as an excuse – I think I owe the team an apology, but, at the same time, it’s something I’m not going to dwell on too much.

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Sainz says he was just a passenger in the incident once the car pulled away, without warning he was going to have less cornering grip. The accident left him a provisional 15th place on the grid.

Once I saw that I had entered the corner slower than the previous lap, I knew I hadn’t tried anything crazy, stupid – I just lost it. This is how it is sometimes, this is how motorsport works and I can just learn from it. It’s unfortunate because today I felt I was at the top of the car in FP3 and Q1, so I think there was a good result on the table; but it’s part of a learning curve, I guess with this car going through those kinds of experiences to keep learning and coming back stronger in the second half of the season.

After an attempted start, Sainz was forced out of his car with the front wing stuck under the Ferrari. However, he says the scale of the impact would have ruled him out of continuing in qualifying even if he was back in the pits.

I haven’t found the reverse, so there is something to check as well. But after a 22G impact, I suspect I would have to stay at the medical center for 20 minutes for check-ups, so that was it. My mind of never giving up this time didn’t work.

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