Even in the cutthroat, fast-paced world of Formula 1, what Carlos Sainz will experience in 2024 is a true phenomenon. And the real challenge may yet be…
Indeed, day by day and race by race, it is becoming increasingly clear that Scuderia Ferrari is becoming more and more competitive, Frederic Vasseur's work is beginning to bear fruit, and this is projecting the image of a team that will be a contender for the championship for years to come. And this is something that Carlos Sainz finds quite difficult to bear, even now...
“I’m the kind of driver who actively tries to contribute to the development of the cars. I’m based in Maranello, so I try to help the team evolve, I work with all my strength, with all my feedback, so that we are the strongest on the grid. When I joined the Scuderia in 2021, my goal was clearly for us to become world champions with Ferrari. This year, that could still happen among the constructors, but what hurts me most is that I feel like there’s a good chance we could fight for the individual title next year, but I won’t be here anymore…
"It hurts because I think I had a part to play in getting us this far, and evolving to the point where the guys could be real championship contenders next year," Sainz rightly lamented.
