It’s time to say goodbye. Throughout the year, at Ferrari they tried to protect and keep Carlos away from melancholy, from talking about emotions, tears, memories and his farewell from the Maranello company so that he could focus on giving his best on the track . But in F1 Abu Dhabi GP, the last race of the season, A very special moment has arrived for the man from Madrid, the beginning of saying goodbye to all the mechanics, engineers and members of the Italian team who have been with him for 4 years. dressed in red
After a very complicated course, where he was surprised in the winter to see how Hamilton accepted the eleventh offer from the red box, something that put Carlos in an intense search for a seat in the market until accepting the offer of Williamshe The Spaniard is only thinking about saying goodbye to the Italian team in a big way: he wants to win, and above all, achieve his main priority, the Constructors’ championship for Ferrari. However, the Madrid native made it clear that it will be very difficult to cut 21 points off McLaren this last weekend. He would give anything for it.
“First of all, I think this weekend is going to be very emotional, very intense. Not just because it’s the last weekend, but because everything is at stake in the Constructors’ championship. At the same time it has been a complicated year, with many things that have happened, but I think I have to be very happy and proud of how I managed every situation this season and how I was able to push myself to the end of the season in good shape and ready to fight“said the Spaniard, sitting on the same sofa as Lewis Hamilton in the press conference before the Abu Dhabi GP, who will be his successor at Ferrari and who this weekend said goodbye to his Mercedes family.
“I think the Constructors’ World Championship is very tight between us. Not only Ferrari and McLaren, also with Mercedes and Red Bull”he added.
“I think we’re only a few tenths away from each other. I think that depending on the track, the type of tires we use and the characteristics of the track, the conditions, the wind, one of the cars will win that weekend. Last week it looked like McLaren would win, but in the end it was Max Verstappen, last week it was George Russell, last week I was in Mexico, last week it was Max in the rain in Brazil.. . It’s all so tight between the top four teams that you can’t pick a team to win before the weekend starts. “We’re all waiting for the Frees to see who seems to be the strongest this weekend.”added the Spaniard.
“Obviously, I want to contribute to the Constructors’ Championship with a victory. Because we need a victory. We need both cars on the podium if we want that championship and something disastrous has to happen at McLaren. That is my goal. The other is tomorrow, Friday, let’s see if we have the capacity and performance to win this weekend or not,” he said.
“But with the mentality of the team, we know that we must have both cars on the podium and ideally, in the first two positions to be able to win the World Championship and give us that possibility. It will be complicated because I think it’s a circuit which fits the 4 cars above: there is a long straight, with slow corners that will help Ferrari, there is medium and high speed for McLaren and Red Bull, there is high speed for Mercedes and there are many drivers who fighting for the victory that is impossible to say I know who will take it”, he clarified Sainz, wanting to ride in a Ferrari on his last date wearing red.
“Leaving with the Constructors’ World Cup means everything. The best way to say goodbye to what has been my home for the last four years. And to the team to whom I devoted everything all this time. To see them off at a Constructors’ World Cup would be the perfect goodbye. I also want to be honest and say that that championship was hard to come by. We are 21 points behind one of the fastest teams with two of the fastest drivers. And to return 21 points in one weekend will require perfection on our part and a weekend of shortcomings on McLaren’s part. It will be very difficult, but I have seen worse races and we will give it our all,” he concluded.
FERRARI MECHANICS
“Often the drivers try to give credit to the mechanics. For me they are some of the heroes of the sport, the ones who work the longest, travel in different conditions than the bosses, spend a lot of time and time away from home, they all have families and people they care about they have to spend time with, but they spend more time than us at the track and it’s incredible to see the passion and effort they put in here look at Ferrari mechanics with no respect to other teams, but it’s amazing how it feels at Ferrari: they understand the strategy, the race, they follow it and they know what’s going on, they want to know what’s going to happen and when they returned to Maranello they were quite famous because they were a Ferrati mechanic, and that alone It happens here I have really enjoyed my time with them and I feel that it is a special characteristic of the Ferrari mechanics that I will miss But as as Lewis said before, you make friends and I will continue to see them in the paddock. “I feel sometimes it’s nice to give them credit, to give these mechanics credit because they’re part of any F1 team’s success.”
SAINZ AND HIS ADVICE TO LEWIS HAMILTON AT FERRARI
“Honestly, I don’t think a 7-time world champion who has won a few races needs my advice. All I can recommend is that you enjoy it. It’s an incredible place to be a part of and it’s a great place to drive and feel like a driver.” of F1. The tifosi, engineers and mechanics and anyone involved with Ferrari will surely help you and there is no better feeling than feeling like a Ferrari F1 driver. I am sure you will enjoy it.
MOST UNFOGETTABLE MOMENT IN FERRARI
“It’s hard to choose one of the 4 wins because they are similar, although different in execution, all very emotional. Silverstone, because it was the first and you will never forget. Singapore, because it was very special to win the way we did it, Australia because I had a winter that was very complicated and because I just had an operation for appendicitis and I was able to win and it was emotional, and Mexico because it could be my last victory in Ferrari My mother, my family and all my friends are there that saw me win and it felt like something very special .Besides that, I remember coming out of the pits at Fiorano for the first time on the track and that is something I will definitely never forget Apart from the victories and the special moment, I think that was a very special moment.
Source: La Verdad
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