MADRID, 22 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz acknowledged this Wednesday that he sees himself “fighting for the championship” in the coming seasons and would not mind contesting it against Fernando Alonso, he also asked 2022 that his Ferrari go “like a rocket” and made it clear that the Italian team “does not care” who of its two drivers, the Spanish or Charles Leclerc, is ahead in the World Championship.
“I do imagine myself fighting for the championship. I don’t know Alpine’s goals, all teams have a chance next year. We have a good opportunity to make a qualitative leap and get into the fight. I wouldn’t mind fighting a World Cup with Fernando Alonso and the other drivers, the more drivers the better for Formula 1 “, Carlos Sainz asserted during the ‘Karting Navideño’ organized by Estrella Galicia 0,0.
Although he admitted that he does not know where the teams are with respect to next season, he assured that he wants to “be at the top with Ferrari.” “The rule change is a good opportunity to fight for a first victory. We don’t know where we are or where we will be, I would love to fight for that first victory and victories in general at Ferrari, whether it will happen or not, I don’t know. “, he claimed.
“I have been able to test the new car, it is very different to drive and form, in the simulator I can already see the differences, it will be hard to drive. Next year it will be fast, not so far from this year, but a very hard car to drive. I ask you to be fast, I adapt to the rest. That the car is a rocket and we can be on top, I have the ability to adapt to any car “, he explained about his first contact with the new car by 2022.
The Spanish driver finished a great season in fifth place in the World Championship, behind the four favorites of the Mercedes and Red Bull teams. “I feel good, accomplished, I set ambitious goals, but I think they have been met, I have been setting my guidelines and I have reached the end at a high level, I have finished the season as I wanted,” he said.
“No matter how good you are to Mercedes and Red Bull, you weren’t even going to cough for most of the year. Being first over the rest is the way most drivers see it, finishing fifth was a good symbol, has It’s been a clean and fun fight, “he added.
“I JUST ASK THE FERRARI TO GO LIKE A ROCKET”
Carlos Sainz closed the year with a third place finish in Abu Dhabi, although he would have liked to be closer to Verstappen and Hamilton in that agonizing final. “I did not experience it in the first person, I wish I had been behind the two and have seen the race up close. What could be my first fight to win became how I am going to remove these two doubled to save a podium. No I was crushed, but if they collided I would win the race … “, joked the Spaniard.
“If it were Hamilton, I would have preferred a level playing field, and it was the fairest thing, but the ‘safety car’ was the ideal for that situation, there was no damaged barrier. If the regulations do not support it, the race director does not have to apply the red flag. Let’s see how we can make the sport fairer for the spectator and for ourselves, “he said about the last race that decided the World Cup.
Thus, Sainz asked to “revise” the regulation to make it “more understandable” for the viewer. “In most cases we have it clear (regulation), although some decisions have been controversial and we have to review it, not everyone is happy,” he lamented.
In most cases we are clear about it (regulation), although some decisions have been controversial and we have to review it, not everyone is happy. There are things to review, to see if there is a change soon to make the sport a little more understandable for the viewer.
“On the final podium there were few conversations and there are usually few, although I am quite a charlatan. The word robbery did not come out,” he said about the controversy between Verstappen and Hamilton, at the same time that he showed all his support for Latifi, after the threats that this has received.
“It is the harsh reality and the bad reality that we live in social networks. They are polarized, people feel they have the power to say what they want, even with death threats. I worry about young kids on social networks They may not be mature enough. It’s something that I don’t like to see and I can’t quite understand. It’s going to make the athletes a bit self-conscious, to see if a change begins, “he implored.
“FERRARI DOES NOT GIVE THE SAME WHO IS AHEAD, IF LECLERC OR ME”
In addition, the Spanish driver made his debut this season with the historic Ferrari team, which generated a “quite big change” in terms of popularity. “In 2020 and the 2021 preseason I imagined many things, you go to bed thinking how your first season at Ferrari is going to be. I expected what many people told me, I was lucky enough to be in Italy for a long time and that helped me to Mentally prepare myself, I have enjoyed it very much this first year, I will remember my whole life, “he celebrated.
“Ferrari does not care who is ahead, if Leclerc or I, it matters to him that there are two drivers at a very even level. We have both been at a very high level, scoring many points. Who is ahead is anecdotal,” he commented. about his rivalry with his teammate.
On his renewal with the Italian team, he insisted that “they have to sit down and talk.” “We have to put all the options on the table, I will see which is the most attractive option for me and for Ferrari, until I have all the options I do not know what I will prefer. I am very happy, it has been an ideal start and both parties are happy, we should talk this winter and agree, “he predicted.
Finally, Sainz, a confessed Madrid player, appreciated the start of the Real Madrid season. “I am happy, I liked the touch of intensity and aggressiveness that Ancelotti has given him. He convinces me and I like him very much. Vinicius is one of the best in the world, Mbappe would not be too much, I would tell him to come whenever he wants,” he concluded.