The month of July suited Carlos Sainz very well, who in addition to getting his first pole position and victory in Formula 1, proved to be much more adapted to the Ferrari F1-75. However, Laurent Mekies denies that this has changed his status in the team.
The Carlos Sainz that we have seen during the month of July is much more similar to what we enjoyed at McLaren and that has made it more difficult for Charles Leclerc to impose himself on his teammate.
Not in vain, the Madrilenian has achieved his first pole and victory in Formula 1, also displaying a decision-making capacity superior to that of the Monegasque. To such an extent that even Damon Hill suggested that Carlos Sainz was acting more like the leader of Ferrari than Charles Leclerc.
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A lot of work from Sainz and Ferrari
Laurent Meckies was asked about Carlos Sainz’s improvement, pointing out that «it is very true that Carlos has had three extremely strong weekends: Silverstone, Austria and France. We are very, very happy with that. It hasn’t been that noticeable in the final standings of the races apart from Silverstone because we had other things to take care of.”
“You are quite right to say that has made great progress since the start of the season. We did not hide at the beginning of the year that, naturally, the car did not adapt very well to him, “acknowledges the Ferrari sports director.
“We had to work a lot with him, with his engineers and with everyone at Maranello. to make sure we could give him something he felt most comfortable with. And these things take time”, expands the French engineer.
Carlos Sainz is not the leader of Ferrari
But, despite all of the above, Laurent Mekies shies away from comparing his two drivers and prefers to place both on the same plane.
“Little by little, it looks like we’re going in the right direction, which is another great sign for the team and the way we interact. So I think that’s the thing. Does this make someone a leader or not? No, it doesn’t, it’s not what determines whether you’re a leader.”points in allusion to Carlos Sainz.
“We know we have two very, very good drivers. We treat them in a way that we can maximize our championship positions and we want them as fast as possible.”he concludes, in an effort to give Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc the same status and relevance within the team.
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