Ferrari, strong message about Sainz

Perez argued Verstappen in the world Cup. Russell, to Hamilton. Or included a Alonso. Are ‘Checo’, George and Esteban better than their leaders? Asking this question based on the results of the first three races of the season is pointless. You need to review the circumstances experienced by each pilot. Without walking yet, Verstappen he was hit by reliability, with two retirements in three races without it he would be hot on Leclerc’s heels. In this sense, the same goes for talking about Ferrari. charles leclerc He led the World Championship to a spectacular start to the year, without mistakes and driving like the angels of a car in which he was perfectly suited from the start. Monegasque won Bahrain Y Australia and minimized losses Jeddahbeing second to a Verstappen superior. On the other hand, Carlos Sainz suffered more to adapt his driving style to the red car and also suffered more engine problems and poor condition, as in the case of Australia.

know this Mattia Binotto did not hesitate to defend the Spaniard after the Australian race against hateful comparisons between the results of his two drivers, showing himself confident and convinced that the Spaniard would be able to reach Leclerc’s level and fight the Monegasque, a battle which he repeated. that there will be no team orders.

“We have to be perfect. Carlos has gone through events that have not helped him. I could get into the top four, so his career is on the rise. What happened to him in qualifying was not something that would help psychologically and then the career error came, but I know him, he will learn from everything and come out stronger with it. In Imola he will know how to redeem himself “Binotto pointed out. It was clear to him that Carlos Sainz was very fast throughout the weekend and that his last performance was compromised by what happened in qualifying and by a steering wheel problem before the race.

In free practice he was fast at the start. much so Marc Gené, inside Ferrari, said that this weekend Leclerc consulted data from Madrid to improve.

Carlos may be at the top of the grid, as his first two sectors of his first lap of Q3, invalidated by the red flag, showed to exit before he crossed the finish line. That left him without the first time and before the last attempt of Q3 his vehicle did not work for a last minute accident. He couldn’t warm the tires and ended up on the 9th. Prior to the race, the steering wheel was replaced due to a fault and it did not work properly at the start. As a result, Carlos lost his appetite and desperately attacked to get back, which mistakenly put him on lap 2. Everything negative that could have happened to him happened to Carlos. Meanwhile, for Leclerc it was a perfect weekend. Mattia knows this and wants to highlight it.

“Carlos wants to show that he’s on par with Leclerc. The events of this weekend didn’t help him, but I’m convinced we’ll find a Carlos who knows how to measure Charles”. he insisted, showing his full confidence in the Madrid man.

Freedom between Sainz and Leclerc

For all that is explained, Mattia BinottoWhen asked at a press conference if Sainz and Leclerc are still free to fight each other if they meet on the track, the Italian reiterated that he had no intention of giving orders to the team.

“Freedom? Of course! 3 races have passed and there are 20 more, hopefully 19 or 20 … So the championship is still long and the two drivers are free to fight. And we really hope and we will enjoy their fights ”Mattia added after the appointment in Melbourne, exactly when her two drivers sat down next to her to answer questions from the press.

Mekies also defends Sainz

A day earlier, after problems prevented Carlos Sainz from qualifying, Ferrari sports director Laurent Mekies, had already defended Carlos Sainz in statements on ‘DAZN F1’.

“We had a problem. We couldn’t start the car when we wanted to. Eventually we made it, but that delay meant not being able to do that warm-up lap, which was our order. Seeing how there were people pushing from the start, others took a lap of preparation, and for him it wasn’t ideal to start the last round with a sequence that was different from what we were doing throughout the end. of the week. If we add the red flag in a second or half a second to your first test… that’s embarrassing. But he showed good speed, so for sure tomorrow we will try to fight ”, Mekies taught on Saturday, before a race again was a nightmare.

Sainz, despite this, wants to take the positive with everyone, that this weekend he took another step in his adaptation to Ferrari. The Spaniard expects to be 100% comfortable in the car soon. This is present when popular comparisons can be made.