Carlos Sainz admitted he was “very angry” after a brake failure knocked him out of Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying and compromised his strategy options for the race. The McLaren driver caused Q2 to be red-flagged through no fault of his own. Going into turn one, his rear tyres locked up and sent him into a spin as his car ground to a halt just off the circuit. Having occurred early in the Q2 session before a time could be put on the board, it meant Sainz will start the race from P15 – and left him wondering what might be achievable from a strategy perspective with the team now on the back foot. “It leaves us with very few options if we have lost it [the set of tyres] with that...
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