Carlos Sainz is conscious that he’s the cork within the bottle of F1’s driver market, however the outgoing Ferrari driver is resolute on prioritizing his personal pursuits relating to making a pivotal resolution relating to his future.
Following the Scuderia’s resolution to interchange him subsequent season with Lewis Hamilton, Sainz has assumed the position of a extremely sought-after free agent.
With Mercedes being the one race-winning group with a confirmed emptiness, the Spaniard’s prospects are each tantalizing and unsure.
Affords from Williams, Sauber-Audi, and Alpine are on Sainz’s desk, and whereas all have plan B choices able to go, their precedence continues to take a seat with Sainz.
However an inevitable consequence of the three-time Grand Prix winner’s sport of persistence is the hold-up it has produced for a number of of Sainz’s collegues whose plans at the moment are depending on the Spaniard’s subsequent transfer.
Sainz acknowledges the influence his resolution might need and its domino impact on the scenario of others, however downplays its significance.
“Yeah, I’m acutely aware of it , however on the similar time I don’t assume it’s going to vary as a result of it’s solely the timing that I’m altering,” Sainz stated.
“I’m in all probability not altering the end result of anybody as in all probability all groups by now have their priorities and their decision-making relying on every state of affairs.
“On the similar time, this sport and this world has taught me to be a bit extra on the egocentric facet and look out for myself, and take the choice that I have to take at any time when I have to take it and at any time when I’ve the entire choices on the desk and I’m able to take the choice, and never rush issues if I don’t have to.
“The groups have been very affected person and I thank them for that. However I’ve additionally needed to be affected person — it’s not like I’m the one one right here deciding. On the similar time, I thank everybody that’s having to hold in there whereas I take the choice.”
Whereas appreciating the groups’ persistence, Sainz admitted to being stunned by the present flurry of early driver market exercise.
“What I don’t totally perceive is why the market is going on so early this yr?,” he stated.
“Why everyone seems to be a lot in a rush, once I bear in mind it was in the summertime break, September, July, when all of these conditions began to occur.”
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With a call but to be made, Sainz has reverted his deal with the monitor, the place he hopes Ferrari can overcome their current hunch, significantly after a ground improve that compromised efficiency.
“I see Silverstone as an funding,” he stated. “We invested – and possibly didn’t optimize the Silverstone weekend, since you spend FP1 and FP2 evaluating flooring and never having your teammate as a reference to optimize the automobile and the automobile efficiency – to probably making yourselves sooner in 5 – 6 races’ time after we can study what we are able to apply from Silverstone into the wind tunnel and apply it for the long run.
“Already for Hungary we’ve got a small improve that hopefully makes issues higher, however Silverstone was an funding and hopefully enhancing the automobile a bit extra within the medium and long run.”
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