Sainz and his farewell to Ferrari: “After they advised me I felt dangerous”

The second Ferrari introduced to him that he wouldn’t proceed to race with Maranell, the connection with Leclerc, the longer term but in addition some curiosities akin to the burden to maintain underneath management. These are the matters touched upon by Carlos Sainz within the Spanish broadcast ‘The Anthill’.

Farewell to Ferrari

Sainz has been on the wheel of Ferrari since 2021, he’ll go away the Reds on the finish of the present season to make room for Lewis Hamilton: “No one likes to be left and, clearly, it made me really feel dangerous” mentioned the 29-year-old Spanish driver. “Clearly you do not take it properly. No one likes to be advised that they do not wish to proceed with him”. It occurred “in February and it made me really feel dangerous. I had superb years at Ferrari, I began the season successful (in Australia, ed.), however there was a seven-time world champion known as Lewis Hamilton who needed to return to Ferrari they usually made room for him. You possibly can’t do something about that, so I take it philosophically and attempt to settle for it in one of the simplest ways doable. I additionally see it as a chance for the longer term, as a result of different prospects will current themselves and I nonetheless wish to grow to be world champion, I nonetheless wish to win”.

The connection with Leclerc

Did Ferrari deal with him the identical as Leclerc? “Sure, all the time. Actually in that sense I am unable to complain concerning the remedy I acquired at Ferrari. There are moments of stress in all groups, however that is the competitors, you flip the web page and also you neglect about it. And the reality is that my teammate and I are mates off the monitor, we get alongside very properly, now we have an incredible relationship and we type an incredible staff. If there’s one thing that works at Ferrari, it is the 2 of us who win races, get podiums and, above all, work as a staff.”

The size to maintain underneath management

The coaching of a System 1 driver entails a number of sacrifices. For instance, the burden that should all the time be saved underneath management. Sainz says he weighs “72 kilos” and that the burden restrict with helmet, seat and the whole lot else “is 80”. Saving weight means gaining pace: “If as a substitute of attending to 80 kilos, I get to 77 kilos, there are three kilos that I can placed on the underside in order that the middle of gravity of the automobile is lowered, on the entrance wing if I would like the burden to go additional ahead or on the again if I would like the burden to go additional again. Three further kilos in a automobile is a tenth of a second per lap, which in Saturday’s qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix could be one or two positions, from third in qualifying to first within the standings”.

The long run

Lastly, relating to his future, Sainz mentioned: “There are a number of choices, I cannot lie. All of the groups that haven’t signed their drivers for subsequent yr have me on their listing and have supplied me a contract and I can signal with them tomorrow, I’ll decide quickly however calmly.”