F1, Ferrari: Carlos Sainz outspoken about the gap with Red Bull

Carlos Sainz explains the difficult start to the season

Carlos Sainz, with ‘Marca,’ spoke about the less than exciting start to the season for Ferrari, which only in Azerbaijan, in the fourth race of the season, managed to get on the podium with Charles Leclerc.

“It was a difficult first part of 2023, because Red Bull showed great superiority,” the Spanish driver admitted. “Their dominance was unexpected, we did not expect them to make such a big step forward during the winter.

However, Sainz does not want to hear about a crisis: “The results were not a disaster, although it was legitimate to expect something more,” he said. “The point is not to finish first or second, the point is to fight to win or to take pole: that’s exactly the problem, that we are half a second a lap behind those in the lead. In 2022 it was not like that.”