After the red flag period, Sainz was forced to defend 🌌against Russell i🗹nto Turn 1

Russell complained o🌞ver team radio that Sainz had been ‘weaving’ while defending o🌟n 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 b𓆏raking but you can move right befor🤪e braking and that's what I was doing. 

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

“It's the same as always, ev♌eryone does it. George does it 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.

Give⛎n their race pace advantage, Sainz felt it was inevitable he would drop back anyway.

“Looking at the pace that Max and Lewis had, it was honestly a matter of time before they finished ahead or in front,” he added.&n🀅bsp;

“They simply are a lot quicker than us in race pace, we kind ꦜof expected going into the race that they have some extra pace 𒀰in 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 f🍌ormation lap, so൩ we will have to take a look at that. 

“Once we put the Hards on, I thinkও we were just following the pace of the car.”