Carlos Sainz is hoping to end Max Verstappen's record run of consecutive Formula One victories at Sunday's Italian Grand Prix, but admits the odds will be stacked against him.
by 0.013s at Monza, leaving the Red Bull driver in second place and sandwiched between both Ferraris on Sunday's grid.
"I think it can happen, nothing is impossible tomorrow, especially starting from P1," he said."At the start I am going to do everything I can to stay ahead of Max. "I'm just going to try and go into tomorrow with the mindset to win the race and then adapt to the circumstances and race pace of Verstappen."Friday practice gave a glimpse of the performance of each car on heavy fuel over multiple laps, with Verstappen's lap times during his race simulation averaging out 0.4s faster than Sainz's.
"It's a good opportunity tomorrow, realistically the Red Bull should be quicker, but we are just going to try to make their life as complicated as possible and try to take the win."
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