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Sainz: Confidence took big hit after 'weird' FP2 crash

Carlos Sainz says he went into Saturday's sprint race at Monza with his confidence weakened following his "weird" crash earlier in the day in FP2. Sainz lost control in the middle of the Ascari chicane and suffered a "pretty heavy impact" with the inside wall that significantly damaged the front end of his Ferrari. Although the Scuderia's crews repaired the SF21 in time for the afternoon sprint, Sainz - who also crashed in FP3 at Zandvoort a week ago – approached the 30-minute race on the back foot. "Honestly, the confidence was not very high after the crash, I lost the car in such a weird manner and in such an unexpected way when I wasn't even pushing that the...
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