Carlos Sainz has reasons to dream of victory in Monaco

Go ahead, in Monaco anything can happen. However, Ferrari has a unique opportunity to win again. And it is that in Monte Carlo the aerodynamic load is more important than the power of the engine, which plays in its favor. For now, in the qualifying session, Leclerc has achieved pole position for the Italian team, something that the Maranello team had not achieved since 2017. For his part, Carlos Sainz will face the Monaco Grand Prix from fourth position and has reason to dream of For the race, although overtaking is very difficult in Monte Carlo, which is why qualifying is so important, of the 66 times it has been raced in Monaco, 29 victories have been for the poleman. In contrast, on 21 occasions the man who started from pole has not been able to finish the race. Precisely Leclerc has withdrawn its shares in the Principality. In addition, the qualifying session has ended with an accident of his, so he could be penalized with five positions for having to change the gearbox. Like Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas will face the Grand Prix ahead of Carlos Sainz of Monaco. None of them know what it’s like to win on this track. Other aspects to take into account for the race are traffic and experience. If Carlos Sainz avoids the former after his first stop, he could have options to overtake the drivers in front of him. Regarding the experience, the Spaniard commented: “I know how to go fast in Monaco, I know the tricks and I have always been fast here.” Sainz knows what it is to win three positions in Monaco It should be noted that Carlos Sainz has been sixth twice in Monaco and that I had never classified so well on this track before until 2021.In 2019, the last time it was raced in the Principality, the Madrilenian started ninth and won three positions. To win three positions in this edition, he would take his first triumph in Formula 1. Given that Ferrari does not have the best engine, Carlos Sainz may not have that opportunity until next season, which will be when the long-awaited change of regulation. That was probably why the Spaniard was so angry after failing to get pole in Monaco. “The anger I have is tremendous, I could not even try to attack the pole at the end, I had plenty of pace for a 10.1 or 10.2, the first opportunity to make pole in my career,” he lamented. “I think I have rhythm to win. , I’ve had it all weekend. The rhythm is not the problem, but coming out fourth. My head was thinking about pole and thinking about winning tomorrow because I have the rhythm to do it. Being fourth, after those feelings, is very difficult to accept. It is difficult for me to think about the race because the first opportunity of my life to take pole in Monaco and with Ferrari has escaped ”, added Carlos Sainz. One of the reasons why he did not give up the victory is because of the superiority shown by Ferrari , which is why I thought they could have done a double if they had the option to finish their timed lap. “The team knows that the accident cost us a first and a second. But it is also true that the team has to be happy with the way the car is going and that one of us starts from pole. There is a mixture of emotions. I do not blame anything on Charles, we are all going to the limit and mistakes can be made.But my frustration, that because of those circumstances I don’t even have the chance to try it, it’s very frustrating, “Carlos Sainz concluded. Norris predicted Sainz’s victory. Even so, Lando Norris, who knows Carlos Sainz perfectly after two years of meeting At McLaren, he thinks he can win the Monaco Grand Prix. Questioned by the results achieved by the Madrilenian in Free 1 and Free 2, in which he was second, he stated: “They have not surprised me, because of things we already knew.” “Maybe, from the viewer’s point of view, you can’t see everything that we see, the images on board, the data and stuff. We knew they were going to be very fast, “added Lando Norris about Ferrari’s speed. As an anecdote, the 21-year-old driver confessed to having written to Sainz before traveling to Monaco:” I sent a message to Carlos to say: You are going to be very well this weekend, you are going to have the opportunity to win ”.