Sainz says he trusts Ferrari made the right strategy call in the FrenchGP despite losing a chance of scoring a podium. 'We have to trust the numbers because it is what we base our strategy on.' F1
Sainz charged through the order from 19th on the grid having taken an engine change penalty for the Circuit Paul Ricard race, and following teammate Charles Leclerc's crash while leading, the Spaniard had battled Red Bull'sBut just as he launched an overtake on Perez through the final sequence of corners, Sainz was told to pit, having gone for an alternative strategy to the frontrunners, having started on hards and pitted earlier in the race for mediums.
Despite this and having moved into third place ahead of Perez, Sainz was still told to pit on lap 42, dropping him to ninth place after serving his penalty. He fought back to fifth place by the finish using the fresh tyres. "With [passing] Checo it was extremely tough, because the top speed of the Red Bull this weekend was crazy and I had to invent a different place to do it and we actually made it," Sainz said.
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