Carlos Sainz says goodbye to Ferrari in his last race wearing red at Abu Dhabi GPto close his so far first and only stage among those of Maranello of four seasons. And he did it too with 2nd place, on top of the podium. The Spaniard left the Italian team with a “painful feeling”, because the transalpine team was so close to winning a title. Builders that for McLaren because of the success of Lando Norris.
After the race, it’s time for the fight Builders title gave way to emotions, which appeared after an intense year in a special moment for Sainz, his last seconds as a driver Ferrari on top of the red car. After crossing the finish line, Carlos He turned on his radio to make his last radio communication Ferrari. There he went to his track engineer, Riccardo Adamiand the entire Italian team.
“Thank you, Ricky. Thank you Ferrari, it was a pleasure to drive for you. Forza, Ferrari, always”said the Spaniard.
Later, he spoke about that moment and the end of the course before taking the podium.
“Obviously, it’s been very emotional. I talked to my engineer on the radio and I’m very grateful, being part of this incredible team for 4 years. I had the chance to win my first races, to take my first pole positions, “I have shown that I can fight for poles, podiums and victories and if I have the right car, my aim for next year and beyond is to get back to where Williams and I should be.”.
“Being 2nd here is the best”
“I have a bittersweet feeling. Being second was the most we could achieve due to the speed of Lando and the McLaren. I gave everythingespecially in the first stint it seemed like we could catch them, but as soon as we put on the hard tires, they seemed to be one or two tenths faster than us, as we saw all weekend, and they were out of our reach,” he said. the man from Madrid
“First of all, congratulations to McLaren, they deserve this championship. They were very solid, very consistent in the last two thirds of the season.and for our part, I think we can be satisfied and proud of the effort. It’s been a complicated year, but one we should all be proud of. I hope to be here again soon,” added the Spaniard.
Source: La Verdad
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