Miami GP Qualifying: Carlos Sainz Annoyed With Premature Ending As Teammate Crashes

According to Sainz, there's still plenty left in the tank.

Today's qualifying session at the Miami Grand Prix weekend came to an abrupt end when Charles Leclerc, for the second time this season, spun and hit the wall. With track being put under a red flag, it was inevitable that Q3 would come to a premature end leaving Sergio Perez in pole position. 

Leclerc's teammate, Carlos Sainz, finished P3 behind Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, but was unhappy with how the Monogasque ended the session early.

"It was a very tricky qualifying for all, it's very difficult to find the right feeling with the tyres on this tarmac," he explained in a post-qualifying interview.

Further reflecting on the dramatic session, he continued:

"It was a fight all the way through qualifying, and was very easy to make mistakes."

"It's getting windier and windier, which for our car, in particular, makes it tricky to drive. P3 was what we targeted but I think today we could've been even better. It's a big unknown going into tomorrow with the heat.

Annoyed that the session was brought to an early end, he continued:

"Plenty left out there, I think we all had a lot of lap time to come, I was doing a very good first sector. We're P3 which is more or less where we planned to be.

"We should try to do a better job than the last one, which would bring us a podium and give us a good result. I think the Red Bulls are very quick, but then with everyone else, it will be a good fight, an exciting race."