In the preview of the preseason tests, Carlos Sainz He wanted to make it clear that last year’s Ferrari was not focused “in his direction”. The Spaniard has come out of these rumors that said that the team had designed the car to enhance its performance ahead of Charles Leclerc.
Speaking to ‘Mundo Deportivo’, he was blunt: “Last year there are people who said that the car went towards my direction but it is not true. I can say it now and openly. An F1 car is not developed for one driver or another.”
“My job as a driver is to give indications to the engineers of where the car is fast and that is checked against the data, I give my feedback, Charles gives his feedbackit is confirmed with the data, it runs and the car is faster”, explains the driver from Madrid.
He is facing his third season with the Italian team. And he is “optimistic”: “I am optimistic and i am hopeful at this time of year. The car has been an evolution compared to last year. I think last year I ended up being very close to the limit of the car and I performed at a great level.”
“I hope to start where I left off and take steps in the right direction. I hope to enjoy a strong car at the start of the season. That is the goal,” he stated.
This Thursday, in the first Bahrain test dayyou will be able to see where Ferrari is with respect to Red Bull. Also if Mercedes has left all its complications behind and is back in the fight. A more than exciting Formula 1 is expected in 2023.
