Ferrari, Carlos Sainz blunt: “This was the best.”

Cautious satisfaction is accompanied by the knowledge that some problems there'è.

Carlos Sainz will be fourth on the grid in the Austrian Grand Prix, after he finished qualifying behind Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, as well as 11 thousandths behind George Russell, who preceded him. For the Spaniard però they are good signs from Ferrari after an extremely complex start to the weekend in Spielberg.

"This è was a positive qualifying, so I am satisfied,” Sainz commented to 'Sky Sport' at the end of the day. “We always stayed there, in full fight for the Top 5. The times were really tight for everyone, so it was not easy. Luckily forò I was able to find a pretty clean lap at the end of Q3. I think that was as close as we could get".

Signs remain to be interpreted ahead of Sunday. "Mercedes seems put a little better than Ferrari on race pace, even compared to how qualifying went. It will beà forò a very tight race, so we will play it", è the promise of Sainz.

Countering his optimism is Charles Leclerc, sixth after a mistake on the decisive lap and who è took responsibility for what happened. "My fault, I demanded too much", his hot comment already in a Team Radio with Ferrari.