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Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz has expressed his delight at his seventh-place finish in the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, saying that the pace of his STR12 and the support of his home fans contributed to his good result. He achieved this even after being compromised by the incidents that took place in the opening turn.
After emerging from the cockpit, Sainz said: "What a good race, I'm very happy! It was a bit chaotic at the start - we managed to gain a couple of positions but I then ran wide into Turn 2 in order to avoid the accident...I therefore lost some of the positions I had gained, but we were P9 and from that point onwards it was a full-on attack race to try and recover. We managed to do just that and finished P7 after starting P12, a great result!
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"I really enjoyed it out there because we were always faster than the car in front and never looking in the mirrors," he added. "It was also amazing to have such big support from the fans - I was feeling it! I was pushing the whole time, going for the cars I had in front, trying different ways of attacking both on track and in the pit lane and we managed to do a very complete race weekend.
"During my in-lap at the end of the race I looked up to my grandstand and it was amazing to see them so pumped up and cheering me on - I'd like to thank everyone for this amazing support."
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