‘This one hurts’ says Leclerc after double Ferrari DNF

It was an equally tough day for Sainz, who found himself out of the running in the latter stages of the race after spinning at the exit of Turn 7, subsequently collecting the Williams of Alex Albon in the process.

“Not a lot of pace this weekend, not even [on] the inter tyre – we expected maybe to be a bit stronger there,” the Spaniard reflected later on. “But, yeah, a lot of sliding around and no feeling with the car.

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“Once it dried out we were starting to make some kind of progress. I was also aiming to take quite a bit of risk to stay in the DRS train and overtake, and I did a driver mistake. Not ideal, not our weekend for anyone in the team, and we’ll try and reset and go again.”

Like Leclerc, Sainz is not reading too much into Ferrari’s troubles in Montreal and has voiced his confidence that the squad will bounce back next time out at the Spanish Grand Prix.

“I think it’s clear that this weekend we were not on the right end of the pace and we were struggling as a team,” the 29-year-old added. “In any condition really we seemed to be [struggling] with the balance and the pace. I think it’s going to be a one-off, and in Barcelona we should be back where we are normally.”