According to the Ferrari Spaniard, if he had had a slightly luckier race, he could have taken Lando Norris' place.
In this regard, the Scuderia driver lamented after the race, perhaps not without reason.
"It's very frustrating for me because before the tire change we were ahead of Lando before the safety car phase. If we had decided to stay out one lap longer, we would have caught up with Lando Norris, which would have meant that we would have won the Miami Grand Prix. That's not what happened, and unfortunately we even got on top of it. I was very aggressive, but I had to be, because everyone was. That's exactly what I did when I overtook Oscar Puastri, who I had to try to brake because we couldn't do anything with him on the straights. My pace was good, I made a lot of progress on the others, I caught up with the guys in front of me, but I couldn't catch up with Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc because I lost a lot of time because of Piastri..." - Sainz said in despair.
Maybe next time.
