Sainz, Ferrari blowout leader: “We only had one chance and there’s always more pressure”

Carlos Sainz achieved the first victory of Ferrari in 2023 and manages to break the streak of red bull, who won all the races this year. The only non-Red Bull winner on this course. He did this by continuing version number 1 of the Maranello where he appeared to Zandvoort and more radiant in monza to his pole position and subsequent podium. In Singapore he went for more with conviction and a very high level in every sense. After his difficult period of adapting to the 2022 car, which was far from his driving style, with a similar style car he managed to make the most of it and drive comfortably. And that shows in everything.

He is very fast, as he showed with his second pole in a row this weekend, but he can also control many variables bordering on perfection. This time, he once again brought out his intelligence about the car. He knows how to manage the race, his speed and the whole group to take advantage of it, and he knows how to play with the DRS of Lando Norris in the final laps to help him against the Mercedes and thereby ensure success. Sainz had three careers as a leader, as captain general in Ferrariand after his victory he did not want to miss the opportunity to act as such and send a message to the factory Maranello.

“I feel incredible. It was a fantastic weekend. Thanks to everyone at Ferrari, because they made a great effort to turn around a difficult start to the season. “We have done everything we need to do in the race, we did it perfectly and we left with a victory that I’m sure all Ferrari and the whole of Italy will be proud of,” He commented after getting out of the car, knowing the great effort of the factory and the hours of work behind it to reverse the bad start of the season in search of joy like this Sunday.

“When you only have one chance…”

“I still don’t know. But it was a great moment, a great achievement. Very important for Ferrari and for me. We only had one chance all year and it came in Singapore. And we took advantage of it, which is not easy. There’s always pressure when it’s just one chance.. And now we were under pressure throughout the race: we had to tense up, make tactics, check the tires, DRS, and we did everything perfectly and took home the victory “commented on ‘DAZN F1’ about the strategy he followed.

“It was about reducing our tire limits and wear and tear. I had to hit the return targets at every compound. We had to stop earlier than expected with that safety car and I knew I would have to spend more a lot of time on the hard tire and I had to slow down to not give George a chance to have the medium tire and it worked perfectly .perfection. I gave Lando Norris the DRS to take him and in the end we got that victory,” he said previously in statements before the podium ceremony.

HE IS SURE OF HIS PLAN

“I felt that I had peace of mind and I had room to win, but I won’t lie: obviously I was under pressure and if you make a mistake, it can go wrong, but I controlled everything. times and I was able to get this victory and now I am very happy myself,” he exclaimed.

A RACE THAT IS MORE MENTAL THAN PHYSICAL

“It’s less physical, more mental, and it’s strange to say this in Singapore (with 76% humidity and high temperatures). The truth is that I don’t drive very much because I want to control the gaps with the other drivers to can’t give Mercedes a chance to stop and put the center wheel, something that in the end thanks to the ‘safety. car’ they have.…but yes, they are two races where the truth is that I look too much in the rearview mirror. I want do a race more like the one in Austria, switch cars, but if we have to do races like this and win them, we have to do them more often and try to take advantage of them.

HIS FAMILY

“The first thing I do is call my family. They will be proud of this moment. And celebrate it with them, which is a very special moment for everyone.”