Carlos Sainz achieves his first podium with Ferrari… at the fifth race | Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix

Carlos Sainz continues to make history in Formula 1. The Spanish driver has achieved the first podium with Ferrari. It took five races to get this award, and he did so in one of the most prestigious events in F1 such as the Monaco Grand Prix. Sainz has grown race after race and it seems that he has adapted wonderfully to his new car, proving to the Prancing Horse team that they were not wrong in betting on him. 𝗬𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗢𝗦 🤩 Your first @ScuderiaFerrari podium… IN MONACO! 🥳 # essereFerrari 🔴 #MonacoGP pic.twitter.com/dt1ebDCaHo – Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) May 23, 2021 On Saturday, after qualifying, he was very pissed off because he claimed he had a rhythm to get pole but Leclerc’s accident prevented him take the last lap and fight to start in the first position on the grid. However, fortune allied with Madrid. His teammate, Leclerc, had to abandon the race before starting due to a gearbox problem that prevented him from starting. In this way, although he started from fourth place on the grid, he was actually third because the local driver was not there. Carlos gets a big hug from Charles 👏 # MonacoGP 🇲🇨 @ScuderiaFerrari pic.twitter.com/EHy8b93HYU – Formula 1 (@ F1) May 23, 2021 In Monaco it is very difficult to overtake and, at the start, Sainz kept the third position and although Bottas and Verstappen initially put some dirt in the middle he never lost faith. A failure of the Mercedes team at the Bottas stop allowed him to overtake the Finn, who could not get back on the track and went straight to the garage. From there he dedicated himself to maintaining that second position.Checo Pérez tried to undercut him but the Spaniard resisted and did not allow him to gain enough advantage to do it.Thus, Carlos Sainz, has managed to make a very serious race to give joy to the Ferrari team on a day that started crooked with the Leclerc. At times he tried to catch Verstappen to try to win the race, but when he saw that it was impossible he decided to save tires and focus on not making mistakes or hitting a wall to maintain second position. So far his best result in the Italian team was a fifth place in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. With today, there are already three podiums that he has achieved in his entire F1 career, the first with Ferrari.