Sainz: We've already reached a higher level.

      Carlos Sainz will start in the Miami Grand Prix from 6th position - in qualifying he beat not only Alex Elbon, his Williams teammate, but also both Ferrari drivers and Yuki Tsunoda, now driving for Red Bull Racing.

      Carlos Sainz: "I think this is the best position we could have started from, given the real speed of our car. Let's see what we can achieve today. Things are going well this weekend, we have already risen to a higher level compared to previous races.

      We are no longer 0.5 - 0.6 seconds behind the leaders, but rather no more than three or four tenths. This makes it possible to compete with the cars of the top teams, because we start ahead of two Ferraris and one RB21 and behind two Mercedes cars. In general, we will try to do our best.

      Although we usually lack a bit of pace during the races compared to our rivals from the top teams. They slightly increase the downforce level, and this helps them to use the rubber resource more economically.

      In Jeddah, this is what allowed Charles Leclair to extend the first leg on Medium tires. If that's the case today, then it's likely that I'll be watching Charles in the rearview mirrors for a long time, and at some point he'll be able to get ahead of me. But we'll still try to stay ahead..."