The Spaniard was critical of his weekend-long performance in the Bahrain season opener, in which he played rear-gunner to team-mate Charles Leclerc in a Scuderia 1-2.
This came after he gained a place following the late retirement for defending champion Max Verstappen, as both Red Bulls were eliminated by a fuel vacuum issue.
Sainz then said that “I need to improve if I want to fight for a win” in what had been his “most difficult weekend [as a Ferrari driver]” and “it just shows that I need to put my head down.”
Heading into the Jeddah weekend, Sainz reckoned his engineers had come up with some “very interesting theories” on how he can close the gap to early championship leader Leclerc.
While the Monegasque driver topped all three practice sessions as Sainz ranked fourth, third and fourth, Sainz initially had the edge in qualifying at the Corniche Circuit.
He topped both Q1 and Q2 before setting what was initially the fastest time early on in Q3.
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