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Sainz Left ‘Bitter’ over Ultrasoft Tyre Choice during Monaco Grand Prix

Carlos Sainz Jr. admits the Monaco Grand Prix was ‘a bit of a disaster’ from the start, and despite scoring a point in the principality he was still left with a bitter taste in his mouth. The Renault Sport Formula One Team racer managed to finish tenth despite extreme degradation of the front tyres with both the Hypersoft and Ultrasoft Pirelli tyre, with the latter being used for sixty-three laps of the race after a very early pit stop. Sainz questioned why the Ultrasoft tyre was fitted when it would have been more practical to put on the Supersoft, which potentially could have given him the opportunity to hold onto the eighth place he was holding post pit-stop. 'Very bad, very...
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