Sainz hails “heroic lap” to top Q1 after brake issues in Austria F1 shootout

Sainz was stuck in the garage until the final minutes of the session after reporting brake-by-wire problems on his Ferrari.

He came back out in time to attempt one flying lap, which propelled him from last to first.

“It was a very stressful Q1 in these conditions,” Sainz smiled. “Obviously, not ideal to be able to do only one lap in Q1 and to put it on P1 was a pretty heroic lap.

“Without knowing how the track was at the time, having no idea how much grip to find, to…