Ferrari, Carlos Sainz speaks out on Mercedes growth

The opponents’ recovery in the standings does not scare.

Carlos Sainz frames in an interview for Formula 1’s official website the situation of Ferrari, which in Monza has returned to perform well after the many difficulties of a summer in which, in addition to struggling in the confrontation with Red Bull in Maranello, it had to deal with the growth of Mercedes. And, on the return of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell in the tussle for the very first positions, the Spaniard of the Cavallino did not hide.

“I wouldn’t say the right word is worried. But we have to say that now we know that every Sunday we will find them there, fighting with us in Ferrari,” Sainz said about Mercedes. And from him also came an analysis of the characteristics of the Anglo-German single-seaters.

Mercedes, in fact, continues to suffer in qualifying but now manages with great frequency to contend for podium positions with Ferrari in the race. “It always surprises me that on Saturday it happens that they are even a second behind. Then Sunday comes, I talk to my engineer and he tells me the lap times of Hamilton and Russell. Which are sometimes even faster than mine,” Sainz added.