Carlos Sainz's furious performance after his disastrous qualifying in Austria: "The car was 'undriveable'"

Carlos Sainz ended Saturday feeling truly angry, and with good reason, after a qualifying session for the Austrian GP that ended in Q1 for him. He'll start nineteenth, or second to last, a position that made him vent his anger at a car he described as "undriveable" due to "a brake problem" he noticed "as soon as he left the pits."

"The car was 'undriveable'. We had a brake problem right out of the pits, and that meant we were braking with little confidence ," the talented 30-year-old Madrid-born driver, with four wins and 27 podiums in the top category, told the television channel DAZN this Saturday in Spielberg. He is entering his eleventh season, his first with Williams.

"It was a frustrating qualifying . The brake problem from the start also caused the car to go to one side, so I ended up with damage that made it 'undrivable'," explained Sainz, who a few weeks ago debuted his role as ambassador of the 'Madring' - the semi-urban circuit that will host the Spanish Grand Prix starting next year, near the Madrid Fair (IFEMA) - with a roadshow in front of around 75,000 fans.

"Generally speaking, we have to be united as a team and review the causes of this happening to us in qualifying and on the soft tires," said Sainz, who finished third at this circuit last year, in his fourth and final season as a Ferrari driver.

"Looking ahead to tomorrow, we seemed to have good race pace yesterday , so I'll try to give it my all to try to make up ground and make it back into the points," said Carlos Sainz after qualifying this Saturday at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg.