Sainz: “It shows you that in F1 there are no friends. You can’t trust anyone”

Carlos Sainz, at the end of the Italian F1 Grand Prix, was happy because he had helped Leclerc by holding off the McLarens, even if it was only momentarily. so that the Monegasque could achieve victory in the final laps.

The Spanish driver was 4th, behind the two orange carswhen trying a strategy where he extends his first round too much. That condemned him. But above all, He admitted to MD that it was a combination of factors that made him not want to win, above all, the thousands that separated him from occupying the third starting place.

This Sunday he has to start from 5th place and with that approach he risks stopping to try. But it is not enough. However, he is confident of good chances in the next two races, in Baku and Singapore.two unique circuits where your Ferrari should be. And for the rest of the year, the question remains whether the new floor introduced at Monza will serve to defeat McLaren who lost this Sunday due to lack of cooperation.

At the end of the meeting, in the media corralito, Carlos does not know what happened to Piastri and Norris and the Spanish press, along with MD, explain it to him. “It shows you that there are no friends here and that you can’t trust anyone”declared Piastri, who overtook Lando on the first lap in an action that Leclerc took advantage of to take second, an action that opened the doors to victory for the Monegasque from the start.

STRATEGY

There was a moment in the race where I thought I was going to win. Mainly, because I believed that all the cars that stopped soon were going to go two stops and I felt that one stop could be made and that would still give me a chance to win the race. Then it was shown that even those who quit soon can quit. “I think as a team we did a very good job, taking a risk and being one of the only ones to try to stop and take a risk that paid off because Ferrari won at Monza.”

MCLAREN STOPPED AT PIASTRI WHEN HE WAS FIRST

“It’s a success by Ferrari. Then McLaren, having two cars in front, in my opinion, it is true that they should have always kept one car ahead of the other Ferrari, doing whatever the Ferrari did, but it’s easy to say now” .

THE FERRARI IN BAKU AND SINGAPORE

“This is a Ferrari that in circuits like Monza, Singapore or Baku can give you the chance to win a race. To see more normal circuits, how this new floor works, we have to wait for Austin and if in Austin we are closer to The McLaren or we are at the same level as Monza here, well we can still dream that between now and the end of the season we can win more races But if we win or if we are in the fight for victory in Baku or Singapore, we do not want to say that the rest of the year will be the same.

CONSTRUCTORS WORLDWIDE, PURPOSE

“Yes, it’s a goal, for sure. Above all, if it continues like this, I insist, if we manage to stay at this level between now and the end of the year, the constructors’ championship will be attempted.”

WITH A FEW THOUSANDS MORE IN THE ‘QUALY’ I CAN BE THIRD AND FIGHT TO WIN. DOES ‘QUALY’ HURT MORE?

“Yes, it shows you that the weekends in Formula 1 are decided in the details, they are decided in the thousandth, because in the end starting two or three positions ahead now, with the strategy you have , you can give you success, can’t you? And it all starts with Q3, the third sector has entered my eye? Yesterday in Q2 someone entered my eye mosquitoes) and I spent a lot of time between Q2 and Q3 trying to get it out, I couldn’t see anything and in the end I did Q3 without any problems.”

HE SPENT TWO LAPS AT MCLAREN AND HELPED LECLERC

“Does he owe me a beer? It’s not necessary, it’s a team effort. I’m very happy for the whole team, for him, and especially for all the ‘tifosi’ who come to support us in this way. In the end , to see him win in front of so many people who support us the way they support us is really amazing, and I’m happy for all the Ferrari fans.”