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Sainz’s slick tyre gamble pay-off was “massive adrenaline rush”

Toro Rosso’s Carlos Sainz admits his slick-tyred start gamble in the Chinese Grand Prix “might have blown a big result”, before his stunning drive to seventh. Having started on supersofts, Sainz made a terrible getaway and slipped to last place off the starting grid before running wide at Turn 1 and spinning at Turn 2. But as the rest of the field switched their intermediates for slicks, Sainz was able to regain his track position and showed great pace after the safety car. “You must’ve seen the faces of my engineers, they looked at me like I was a bit crazy!” exclaimed Sainz of his decision. “I couldn’t believe it when I saw everyone else was on the intermediates. “The...
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