Carlos Sainz Today he is a very established pilot in the very complicated world of Formula 1. However, it is not a bed of roses at all. The people around him are key to finding a place in the harshest jungle. One of them was his father, Carlos Sainz Sr. which, as experienced by anyone in the rally world, encouraged his son to become a reference in motorsport.
There has been a change of heart in the current pilot of Ferrari and that was thanks to one of the pieces of advice the Matador gave him when he was young. “I remember a piece of advice that changed my life a little bit, because I was always a pretty innocent kid and as a kid I was a good innocent. I thought he was everyone’s friend, that everyone liked him and that the motorcycle world was a very rude world.. At 10-11 years old, I went to kart races, as kids, 11, 12, 13 years old, I thought I was everyone’s friend,” he said on the Nude Project podcast.
“One day my father sat me down and said, ‘Carlos, life is so bad and even more so in this sport, you either bite or they bite you, and now, they are biting you., they make your life difficult. I know you’re a good kid, that you like to make friends with everyone, make friends, play soccer with other drivers, but here, you’re going to be bitten or you’re going to be bitten and when you put on that helmet, make sure you get bitten.’
These phrases were recorded in Sainz’s mind but it was not a quick process for the Spaniard. You don’t change a mindset overnight. But without a doubt on the track Carlos’ version changed and if he had to stick his elbows out there was no stopping it.
“It took me a while to change the chip from being a good kid, to being a ‘if I have to take you off the track, I’ll take you off’ person. It’s not because I’m the son of and having the fear of people saying I’m a piggy on the track , maybe I had that fear that everyone would look at me more and think that Carlos Sainz’s son is a piggy. You have a lot of mini-complexes, you know a lot of people are looking at you for being your son, maybe you should be more careful.” he said in conclusion.
Source: La Verdad
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