Sainz: “I want the team to think it’s possible because I think it is”

Carlos Sainz has full confidence in what the Maranello factory can do in 2024. After a 2022 wherein red bull surpassed a Ferrari that began to win at the beginning of the year, in 2023 a response from the Italian team was expected, but the dominance of red bull It became overwhelming. Ferrari is the only one capable of defeating those Milton Keynes in a race, in Singapore, although he managed to beat the Red Bull by one lap, achieved 6 pole positions, achieving 5 of the last 8 in the second part of this course. He SF23 It’s a very fast car, but it has languished in most races due to tire wear, an aspect in which the red box seems to have taken a step forward in recent events.

Today, the ‘tifosi’ are once again praying for the revival of Ferrari face 2024. Hope remains the same, but Red Bull tHe has a position of great strength. Carlos Sainz trusting it, although he recognized before the latter GP of the year, in Abu Dhabithe difficulty involved in trying to reach red bull next year to fight for everything.

“I think it has to be our realistic goal. Will we achieve it? Only time will tell, I want the team to think that it is possible because I think it is,” commented the Spanish driver in statements reported by ‘Motorsport .com’. In this regard, Sainz gave McLaren as an example that it is possible to take great steps forward with a new car philosophy. The Woking team also achieved this as soon as the season started.

“In addition, we have shown that if McLaren has made these steps during the season, I have full confidence that Ferrari will be able to do it during the winter,” argued Carlos.

“I trust this team. I trust the ability we have at home to turn things around. There are still circuits where we are in pole position by three tenths over the Red Bulls, it’s just that it’s a very specific trait of the team. car That’s really good, we just have to make it an all-terrain vehicle,” he said.

POINTS FOR FERRARI IMPROVEMENT

“The car has very strong points, but I think if we want to have the car all year round, maybe we have to give up some of these qualities to make sure we are fast everywhere, especially in the race.”

POSSIBLE REACHING RED BULL IN 2024?

“I think we have to wait until the tests in Bahrain (2024 preseason), I think it’s incredibly difficult to know. The car behaves differently in the simulator, but I think until we put the car with a hundred kilos and used tires, it is impossible to see how he treats the tires and what the racing speed is.

PERSONALLY, A DOUBLE CHALLENGE IS ACHIEVED

“I had a difficult 2022, and my goal for 2023 is to get my speed back. I feel in 2022 I am not as fast as in 2021, or in the previous generation of cars. My challenge for 2023 is to better understand the new generation it and to be faster. To have more speed both in qualifying and in the race, and I think I’ve achieved those two things. I definitely feel faster, more on top of the car in qualifying and in the race. I’ve also been more consistent this year, I’ve had higher peaks. I’ve had lower peaks.”

ITS POSITIVE BALANCE 2023

“In some ways, the lows of 2023 are not as low as 2022, so, overall, it’s definitely a better period, of development, but, unfortunately, it’s not exactly what what I’m looking for, so “I’ll do something more for next year.”