“It’s a track I like and where I always go fast”said Carlos Sainz in Spa-Francorchamps, although it is not reflected in his results because of the problems of others that he suffered on an asphalt that owes him another joy. For this reason, after the good performances of the Spaniard in the races before the summer vacation, which shows that he has gained the necessary confidence to fight everything against Verstappen Y LeclercThe Spaniard believes that at Spa he can be a strong candidate for victory. “Here I win”, he said in statements to ‘Sky Sport Italia’. Team mate Leclerc is expected to fit a new, more powerful engine, but this will cost him a 5-place grid penalty. For this reason, Carlos seems to be the main weapon of those in red against Verstappen this weekend.
The Spaniard is confident in his choices. But to win, new Carlos He must put an end to the bad luck that follows him on the Belgian track.
In 2014, Carlos Sainz took pole and won both races of the weekend World Series of Renault 3.5 in Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps. He consolidated his leadership and ended up winning the championship, fulfilling the demands of red bull at an important moment and taking the decisive step to be promoted to Formula 1 in 2015. From then on, the smiles stopped in Belgium.
Since sainz is a pilot of F1 In 2015, the Spaniard visited the Belgian track 7 times. In 2015 and 2016 he left. In 2017 it was 10th. In 2018 it was 11th. In 2019 he was unable to complete his qualifying lap and was left out of Q1 due to engine problems. Giovinazzi which left him without taking his last turn. And the next day, he retired in the first few laps due to an engine problem he saw on the formation lap. In 2020 he couldn’t get out of Belgian GP for suffering engine trouble at the turn on the way to the grid. Not surprisingly, Carlos shared his doubts with the press: “I don’t know what’s going on between me and Spa.”
To make matters worse, in his first year at Ferrari, in 2021, he had to face a difficult classification in the rain with a car that didn’t do well in the water. It could only have been 10th and the water prevented the race from playing properly, so after a few laps after ‘Salvation’, things stayed the same as they started and Carlos was 10th.
In addition, in a press conference, Carlos Sainz emphasized that in the second part of the championship the Ferrari team needs to improve in many aspects to beat a team that is perfect in all areas like Red Bull, but he wants be optimistic about the performance of the team and the car in the early part of the championship, seeing the glass as half full.
“We have to be more perfect to beat Red Bull and now also Mercedes, who seem to be chasing.. These are teams that perform at a very high level and that is why you cannot afford any failure. The moment you fail a little bit, they beat you,” he said.
“We took a lot of positive aspects from the first part of the season, like achieving what was our main goal, to keep going back to fight for victories. However, it is true that the car has been very competitive and we probably could have won more races if we did things a little more perfect”, added the Spaniard.
THE SIGNING OF ALONSO BY ASTON MARTIN
Finally, Carlos Sainz also referred to Aston Martin’s surprise signing of Fernando Alonso which was announced at the start of the summer break. “I didn’t know, maybe I half expected him because of what is happening, but happy for him, two more years with us in Formula 1.” He will be with a brand team like Aston Martin that should go up. and hopefully he will have the chance to be ahead”, commented the Ferrari driver in Spanish.
Source: La Verdad
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