Carlos Sainz 'knew it was coming' as he clinched his second F1 pole in Austin. 🇺🇸 USGP
Carlos Sainz ‘knew it was coming’ as he clinched pole for the United States GPOn pole for the second time in his career, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz felt his wait for that achievement was drawing to a close in Austin.
Sainz put himself on pole in Formula 1 for the first time at the 2022 British Grand Prix, and with that arriving back in July, the Spaniard has been without a pole position since. But Sainz had an opportunity at the United States Grand Prix to double his tally of career poles, team-mate Charles Leclerc taking a 10-place grid penalty for a new Internal Combustion Engine and turbo.
P2 could potentially have been enough then for Sainz, but he made sure to take things into his own hands, setting the outright pole time with a margin of 0.065s over Leclerc.Speaking to Sky Sports F1 post-qualifying, Sainz said: “It was a lot of fun. It was very tricky out there with these winds – it’s so gusty that every corner is a bit of an adventure with these cars and you don’t know how much grip you will get or how much grip to expect.