Toro Rosso, Sainz is a great: "The fourth row in Spain excites me"

“I'm really happy with today's qualifying! We have been strong all weekend so far and eighth place was the best we could hope for today, and we achieved it – said Carlos Sainz, beaming after his good performance in qualifying in front of his home crowd – I am very satisfied with my lap in Q3. Tomorrow's race will be very interesting and starting from the fourth row, in front of my home crowd, is something I can't wait to do. Racing at my home circuit is always something special, something I've dreamed of since I was four years old and started watching Formula 1 –continued Carlos, who will start eighth alongside Bottas  – Finally being here, and living that dream, is a fantastic feeling: I will try to have fun and make all the fans have fun."

“I'm still adapting to the team and the car, so it wasn't the easiest of qualifying – instead commented Daniil Kvyat, 13th on the grid, engaged in one of the most emotionally complicated weekends of his career - Being eliminated in Q2 is not what we wanted to see, but the general feeling is still positive, I feel more and more comfortable in the car and we will do better in the future: I'm just not a very patient guy! We need to analyze the data and understand where we could have done better, in order to progress quickly for the next races. Starting thirteenth isn't too bad, we'll do our best to score some points tomorrow: the race is long and we'll see what we get.”

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