Carlos Sainz has a conviction about Lewis Hamiton and Ferrari
Carlos Sainz has a conviction about Lewis Hamiton and Ferrari
He has a conviction Carlos Sainz, the man who left the seven-time world champion’s place in the Maranello team, and who now speaks as a driver for WIlliams, which today unveiled its car for 2025: "When I left, I felt that both Ferrari and Charles were ready to fight for the world championship title, and with the arrival of Lewis Hamilton this can only increase".
“I have never been Lewis's teammate, so I don't know what he's capable of,” Sainz says again. “I have never seen his data. I have seen Charles’ data and I know how good he è the only way you can evaluate a driver è when you are a teammate and see what he è is capable of doing". "But when I look at Hamilton’s results,” he adds, “his background and what he has achieved, I can only say that there will be a very high possibility that he will be competitive for Ferrari".
Hamilton will unveil his new Ferrari at the Formula 1 season launch at London’s O2 Arena next Tuesday before heading to the team’s headquarters in Maranello the following day, where he is expected to speak to the media for the first time as a Ferrari driver. As for Williams, it finished a modest ninth in the 2024 constructors’ standings, but Sainz è confident he can turn around the fortunes of a team that has nine world titles to its credit.
"I think I bring a lot of knowledge, a lot of things that I think can be applied to this car – his words – and to the team at the same time. I see a team that è also ready to fight for victory. È it’s just a matter of getting the whole team involved to make sure we also give all the engineers, all the mechanics and drivers the right tools to compete at the highest level”.
Then Sainz and Alexander Albon take the field against the heavy penalties set by the FIA for those drivers who indulge in inappropriate language, read criticism of race officials, swearing or worse. Sainz explained that "è it is reasonable to expect drivers to avoid swearing while speaking in a public setting such as a press conference, but the issue è is different while we are on the track and talking over the radio with the team. So I don't agree with what is going on”.
"I think you can’t be too strict about this kind of thing,” he said again, “because you can’t understand the pressure, the adrenaline, even the passion and the way we feel in the car when we open the radio. Instead, Albon revealed that drivers from the various teams have already been talking among themselves about how to respond to Fia’s move. "È discussions are still going on about how we want to respond. È it is a sensitive issue. Do we think it is right? Of course not".
