“105 minutes for what is a fairly substantial rebuild for the Scuderia”– Ferrari has only this much time to bring Carlos Sainz’s broken Ferrari into qualifying

Tanish Chachra | 04/09/2021
"105 minutes for what is a fairly substantial rebuild for the Scuderia"– Ferrari has only this much time to bring Carlos Sainz's broken Ferrari into qualifying

“105 minutes for what is a fairly substantial rebuild for the Scuderia”– Ferrari under strict deadline to recover Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari.

In the FP3, Carlos Sainz’s car had a big crash at Zandvoort, which leaves Ferrari’s garage with a mammoth task to repair the car within 105 minutes, from when the car returned to the pitlane to the qualifying.

F1 Journalist Will Buxton wrote on Twitter that Ferrari’s crew has a substantial task and limited time to solve the issue. If not done in time, the Spaniard will have to start the race on Sunday from the end of the grid.

“Sorry guys, I don’t know what happened,” said Sainz after hitting the Turn 3 barrier and causing a red flag in the final practice session. The green light was given with only 29 minutes remaining in the session.

Zandvoort a punishing circuit

Sainz was not the only one who had his moment of discomfort on the track; on Friday, Esteban Ocon and Nikita Mazepin were seen struggling in the gravel.

And in Fp3, even Sebastian Vettel had his major hiccup, which almost crashed him into the barriers, but he handled his situation at the right time.

So, Zandvoort does seem like a track with its own mysteries, with Nicholas Latifi even claiming that the circuit is so challenging that it is difficult to even look in the car mirror.

Post Edited By: Tanish Chachra
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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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