Carlos Sainz believes that a situation of "ridiculous" is being reached in the qualifying sessions, such as this Saturday in Monza, when only two cars, including his McLaren, have managed to reach the last lap before the ignition was turned on. Red light.

"It is reaching a point where it starts to be a bit ridiculous on television. There will be people who like the show and another who will say why the classification exists if everyone tries to go one after another," he said. Spanish in Movistar F1 microphones.

"The fact is that I had already completed a lap and there were two or three cars that had not completed it and have decided not to complete it, it seems," he said about maneuvers investigated by the International Federation (FIA).

"Hard to beat Renault"

Sainz estimated the advantage granted by the rebuild between the "half second and seven tenths". "When I was informed that I had a margin of three seconds and that nobody was going, I pressed because I knew that whoever was behind would not turn around," added the Madrid, seventh on the grid on Sunday.

This position feeds optimism in the Woking team, which multiplies its performance on Sundays. "We left in front of a Red Bull. Perfect. The car in the race is always better, but in qualifying the Renault has taken us a lot, so it will be difficult to beat them," he revealed about the options against Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg, who outdid him in six and four tenths, respectively.

Vettel's anger

Sebastian Vettel will leave the fourth position of the platoon, visibly angry at Ferrari's internal management in the chaotic classification. "I would have liked to go to the track before, but we had ... it doesn't matter. I'm not happy because my first lap was alone, without rebuilding, and it was the plan for the worst possible scenario. The second attempt was time to have my rebuild, but I haven't had it, "revealed the world four-time champion.

The team led by Mattia Binotto could not give the German the last chance to improve that 1: 19.457. "It was my turn, but I have not arrived. You need to have some difference with the car in front. It was not ideal and I think we have to review it internally," finished the fourth place in the World Cup, with 99 deficit points compared to Lewis Hamilton

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