The 2021 season, although devoid of victories added to the bulletin board, has nevertheless seen the Ferrari recovering from the previous world championship: thanks to a podium obtained by Charles Leclerc – in turn author of two pole positions – and another four won by the new signing Carlos Sainz, the Prancing Horse took third place in the constructors’ standings. Moreover, the Spaniard finished the World Championship in fifth place, with only 5.5 points clear of his teammate from Monaco.
Yet, despite the result that smiles at the former McLaren driver, Sainz himself explained that he had focused on the qualities of the Monegasque from the beginning of his adventure in Maranello, being surprised and impressed by Leclerc’s driving style. “From the moment I arrived at the winter tests in Bahrain – admitted the Iberian as reported by Autosport.com – I learned a lot from Charles. I adapted to the way Ferrari was driving, I specifically analyzed its data to try to be faster throughout the year. Sometimes it was hard to believe that this was possible. It was so fast it was actually a little shocking. But little by little, by adapting and trying to learn from him, I managed to get to a good level. Going into the winter break there are areas where he is still much stronger than me. We will exchange some information and we will both try to become better drivers by learning from each other. All of this will benefit Ferrari. Until now – he added – there was a lot of competition between us and Charles is a great teammate ”.
In this regard, the Monegasque himself underlined the importance and the personal advantage in having Sainz as the new team-mate, thus underlining the good coexistence that reigns in the pits between the two drivers of the Maranello team: “I learned a lot – he specified – as always, when you have a new teammate. I analyzed the new ways Carlos approaches race weekends, the way he works, his talent, his raw speed and the way he takes corners. He had an incredible year and that pushed me a lot to try to improve in every race and it was extremely interesting. I believe one of the strengths of Carlos is there race and tire managementwhich, on the other hand, was probably my weakness in 2019. I have progressed a lot as a driver for the past two years and this year’s part is thanks to Carlos“.
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