Afౠter the red f൩lag period, Sainz was forced to defend against Russell into Turn 1

Russell complained over team radio that Sainz had been ‘w𒊎eaving’ while defending on𒀰 the start-finish straight.

Sainz ultimately resisted Russell’s attacks, retaining fourth, while the Mercedes driver dropped to sixth after losing out to168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris.

Speaking about the battle with Russell, Sainz said: 🍌“Well I was moving once and right before braking, which is what the rules allow.

“You cannot move on the😼 braking but you can move right before braking and that's what I was doing. 

“When you're behind you open the radio, you complain about the guy in front and [hope] he gets a warning 🗹or a five-second penalty because it benefits you. 

“It's the same as always, ever𒐪yone does it. George does iꦇt a lot.”

After qualifying on the front-row of the grid, Sainz immediately lost out to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen and then 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton through the pit stop phase.

Gi🀅ven their race pace advantage, Sainz felt it was inevitable he would drop back anyway.

“Lookingღ at the pa♍ce that Max and Lewis had, it was honestly a matter of time before they finished ahead or in front,” he added. 

“They simply 𒅌are a lot quicker than us in race pace, we kind of expected going into the raꦡce that they have some extra pace in there and we had to manage a lot of temperatures. 

“I had a weird stint on Mediums and I struggled with that front tyre that was grained almost on the formation lap,🔯 so we will have to take a look at that. 

“Once w♒e put the Hards on, I think we were just following the pace of the car.”