(Reuters) – Carlos Sainz went from first time Formula One winner to non-finisher within the house of per week on Sunday after his Ferrari’s engine blew simply as he was set for second place on the Austrian Grand Prix.
The Spaniard, who gained the British Grand Prix at Silverstone final Sunday, mentioned the fiery failure on the Red Bull Ring got here without warning.
“There was no suggestions coming from the engine that this was about to occur, (it was) very sudden,” he advised Sky Sports tv.
“I’m a bit misplaced for phrases as a result of that is clearly an enormous loss on factors and an enormous consequence for the workforce. I feel it will have been a simple one-two right now.”
Sainz squatted by the facet of the monitor, surprised by his misfortune, after marshals stopped the automobile rolling away and extinguished the flames.
Team mate Charles Leclerc gained the race forward of Red Bull’s championship chief Max Verstappen after a late throttle scare however Ferrari had been quick, with little tyre degradation, and it ought to have been a one-two.
“It is tougher to take as a result of we had been about to chop the factors to the leaders of the championship, each Max and Red Bull, we had been about to do a really huge consequence for the workforce,” mentioned Sainz, fourth within the standings.
“It is heartbreaking however we might want to maintain pushing, flip the web page and it’s nonetheless a protracted season forward.”
Team boss Mattia Binotto mentioned Ferrari’s second win in a row after six successive defeats to Red Bull was vital for morale, with Leclerc now 38 factors behind Verstappen.
“Happy for the win, a bit upset for the failure on Carlos’s (automobile) as a result of it might have been a good higher Sunday right now,” he added.
(Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London, modifying by Toby Davis)
