Sainz believes the Barcelona F1 circuit exposed Ferrari's weakness with tyre wear, as he labelled the Spanish venue the 'weakest track of the season' for his team.
Charles LeclercSainz said the race exposed Ferrari's propensity of chewing through its tyres, a recurring issue which was exacerbated by Barcelona's many high-speed right-handers, which were tough on the left-front corner.
"Honestly, I just spent the whole race managing tyres because we know we are very hard on them and with this high deg circuit, I just couldn't push," Sainz said. "We know it's a weakness of our car and coming to a high deg circuit and a two-stop race, we were just managing the whole way trying to make it to the target laps of the stints and still falling short in a few of them.Photo by: Andy Hone /"The weaknesses of our car are coming alive on a circuit like this with the high-speed corners and how hard we are on tyres. But it also shows that yesterday we must have done a pretty good lap.
"I think today was again, a bit back to where the car is at the moment in race pace, and yeah, probably this sort of track is not great for us." Ferrari's race pace was a setback after introducing comprehensive upgrades this weekend, featuring revamped sidepods.
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