Wrong call on tyre strategy leaves Sainz struggling, as Spaniard fails to finish in the points for the first time this season. Unlike his Ferrari teammate, Carlos Sainz opted to start the Portuguese Grands Prix on the soft tyre as opposed to the medium. Pushing a hard pace on the red-banded rubber, the Spaniard ran as high as fourth in the early stages before being passed by Lando Norris and Sergio Perez. The first driver to make a scheduled pit stop, Sainz, who once again went against the majority and switched to mediums as opposed to hards, was able to rise up to seventh again, before he was left susceptible to those who stopped later (and for hards), and one by one the likes of Ocon,...
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