Carlos Sainz bemoans ‘incredibly unlucky’ Ferrari as group principal Mattia Binotto admits cars and trucks are not dependable

Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz said he was ‘incredibly unlucky’ as the group experienced two retirements at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

The Spaniard retired early with a hydraulics difficulty just before the race even reached the 10th lap, and by the 20th his teammate Charles Leclerc was out from what seemed to be a potentially race-profitable situation right after a flurry of tyre improvements.

That still left the Spaniard and Monegasque on the sidelines as rivals Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez pulled absent with a comfortable one-two led by the Dutchman.

Speaking to Sky Activity, Sainz explained: “The hydraulics went in lap 8 or 9 and that is it. It’s a shame simply because I experienced taken care of my tyres and I was about to begin pushing. As soon as I did that this occurred – the hydraulics went.

“So considerably, the season is not going my way.

“I never know if my auto has experienced this problem prior to – I you should not imagine so.

“We know we require to boost, we have been pretty great with trustworthiness from my side, but we have just been unbelievably unlucky with a single matter or a further.

“From my point of perspective, I won’t be able to seem to do two consecutive races with no some thing going on. It’s a shame but we are a staff and we are likely to keep united mainly because I am certain greater times will come.”

Team principal Mattia Binotto admitted he was concerned about the motor vehicle immediately after a double retirement: “Absolutely it is a concern. Trustworthiness is usually a critical issue in the struggle – as well as the performance.

“We are not fully trustworthy but the group will keep targeted, consider to deal with the issues and to be more powerful on the potential.

“We need to comprehend what took place these days. Not all troubles are the identical. It will acquire time to analyse. We never know the concern yet.”

Concerns were being exacerbated as one Haas retired much too with a trouble with an motor supplied by Ferrari.

“We have to have to analyse these ones,” Binotto admitted. “I feel a person is not to do with our offer components. We are going to search at the problems but it truly is much more to have specialized feed-back.”