Carlos Sainz regrets that his debut in Italy as a Ferrari driver is without an audience | Formula 1

Carlos Sainz will experience this weekend one of the most exciting moments for a Ferrari driver, his first Grand Prix in Italy. However, the experience will not be as he would have liked, since there will be no public in the stands because of the pandemic. Even so, the Madrilenian has stressed that he feels the push of the tifosi, both now and when his signing was announced and he was still racing for McLaren. Precisely at the Italian Grand Prix, which was held in Monza, Carlos Sainz achieved his best result last season. On that occasion he was second to just a few tenths of a Pierre Gasly who took the race. Questioned at a press conference about his first race at Imola as a Ferrari driver, the Spaniard commented: “The first grand prix in Italy for a driver from Ferrari is always special, it is always emotional. Unfortunately, the situation with the pandemic does not allow us to have the tifosi. I’m sure I will miss them. ” “I will miss that extra excitement factor that you can give a Ferrari driver. But it is already perceived that the atmosphere of this circuit is special. I heard him at Monza last year, there was a special bond because the fans knew he was coming to Ferrari. It’s a shame they’re not in the stands, but it will continue to be exciting, ”added Carlos Sainz. Sainz expects a tough race in Italy The 26-year-old, who made his Ferrari debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix, has valued his first race with the Italian team: “It was positive, I managed to push a lot from the beginning, I got the pace that the car had. The fact that there were training sessions allowed me to repeat the procedures and the orientation that I showed in the tests and this favored me ”.Less driven with the SF21 Carlos Sainz arrives in Italy, something to which he has also alluded: “It will be harder in this sense because it is a track where you need a lot of confidence with the car. However, at the same time, I think I quickly adapted to the car in Bahrain. I learned from Charles’s data, I tried to figure out how to run the race so I could do laps as good as his. But I have to say that I was surprised by how the car handled in Q1 and Q2. On this learning path there will undoubtedly also be mistakes, from which we will learn and grow together. ”He could repeat his conservative strategy. It should be noted that the fastest driver in Q2 was Carlos Sainz. Sadly, the Madrid native made his only mistake that weekend in Q3, relegating him to eighth in Bahrain. Carlos Sainz would finish the race in that position, although very close to Ricciardo. However, the Spaniard admitted that he had been conservative as his goal was to finish and score points for Ferrari, a strategy that he could repeat at Imola. “I didn’t risk much at the start, it was key to finish the Grand Prix and gain experience with it. SF21. Then I gained confidence and we have shown a very strong pace. Encouraging start and fun overtaking. We are going to work hard to improve, “said Carlos Sainz after the Bahrain Grand Prix.” I took it easy, I left room for the other cars, as I did not know how the car was going to behave. I was too calm, but I did it on purpose, I wanted to finish the race and make sure everything was clean. There will be time to attack in the first laps, as I did in his day with the McLaren, ”added Carlos Sainz.Finally, Carlos Sainz has been asked by Ayrton Senna, who in 1994 had an accident in Imola that cost him his life. “I know from him what can be learned from documentaries, from information, from the paddock, from the people who have had experiences with him. From a personal point of view, I know very little. Returning to the circuit where he lost his life is exciting for the drivers, here we have lost probably the most special talent in Formula 1. All athletes realize how special Ayrton has been ”, he concluded.