After the red flag pe🌄riod, Sainz was forced to defend against Russell into Turn 1

Russell complained over team radio that Sainz had been ‘weaving’ wജhile defending on the start-finish straight.

Sainz ultimately resisted Russell’s attacks, retaining fourth, while the Mercedes driver dropped to sixth after losing out to168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lando Norris.

Speaking about the battle with Russell, Sainz said: “Well I was moving once and right b✱efore braking, which is what♒ the rules allow.

“You cannot move on the braking but you can move right before braki𒅌ng and that's what I was doing. 

“When you're behind you op🉐en the radio, you complain abo🌼ut the guy in front and [hope] he gets a warning or a five-second penalty because it benefits you. 

“It's the same as always, everyone does it. George does iཧt a lot.”

After qualifying on the front-row of the grid, Sainz immediately lost out to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and then 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton through the pit stop phase.

Given their race pace advantage, Sainz felt it was inevitable he would drop bac🐼k anyway.

“Looking at the pace that Max and Lewis had, it was honestly a matter of time before they finished ahead or in front,” he added.🔯 

“They simply are a lot quicker than us in race pace, we k♓ind of expected going into the race that they have some extra pace in there and we had to manage a lot of temperatures. 

“I had a weird stint on Mediums and I struggled with that front tyre that was grained 🃏almost on the formation lap, so we will have to take a look at that. 

“Once we put the Hards on, I think we we🔯re just following the pace of the car.”