Carlos Sainz Sr. understands his son's anger in Monaco

In the presentation of his documentary, Carlos Sainz: Living to Compete, the Madrilenian spoke of the pride for him that he is now known as the father of the Ferrari driver. The two-time world rally champion and three-time Dakar champion also alluded to Carlos Sainz’s anger after the Monaco Grand Prix qualifying session: “It’s a positive attitude. The fact that you want more wants to say is ambitious. Athletes have to be ambitious. Probably after that bittersweet sensation, as he described it, over time, he will realize that reaching the fifth race with Ferrari with almost no test and continually fighting Leclerc, one of the great talents right now, and ending up in a podium… If they had told him that before… ”Carlos Sainz began by saying. Carlos Sainz’s anger in Monaco“ There are many positive things to get out of it, maybe I’ll make a positive reading over time, but I highlight the positive attitude. In Formula 1 it is always continuous evaluation. Every two weeks you have a final exam that you have to go for by grade. Formula 1 is a continuous evaluation, you have to go for a grade every week, like a final exam, because you are what you give in your last race, it is very hard when judging, you have to celebrate, yes, but fast now the next race, you have to know how to turn the page for the good and for the bad, I have learned that very well, neither celebrate how good I am one day and then get hit on the neck or stay sad if something goes wrong “, has Monaco is probably the only circuit where engine power takes a back seat and aerodynamics take precedence. This gave Ferrari a unique chance this season to take pole position and he got it through Leclerc.However, the qualifying session ended earlier than planned after a Monegasque accident, something that Carlos Sainz regretted since, having done one more lap, he hoped to improve his teammate’s time or, at least, to have been second after him. “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 after qualifying. “I think I have rhythm to win, I have had it all weekend. The rhythm is not the problem, but coming out fourth. My head was thinking about pole and thinking about winning 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 make pole in Monaco and with Ferrari has escaped “, added a Carlos Sainz who finally finished second. More coldly, after the race, he commented:” I started fourth, which Then he was third, and finishing second is a good result. The team deserves at least one podium this weekend. But the bitter taste is still there, because I had a rhythm to make pole and win. We didn’t succeed and I am also sorry for the team and for Charles. It is strange, although on a personal level I must be happy with second position because it is the maximum we could aspire to. ”Still somewhat annoying, Carlos Sainz pointed out:“ If they had told me on Wednesday that I would not end up completely happy with second place , I wouldn’t have believed it. We are not fighting for those positions this year. But looking at the pace on Thursday, I honestly believed we could win, it was very fast and I was very comfortable on Saturday morning. I thought I could pole and win my first race in Monaco.Already on Sunday I had to reset and change my expectations, the best thing from fourth was to finish on the podium and, maximum, a second place, there was no chance of winning. ”Ferrari will not be fast in Baku according to SainzPese as Ferrari step forward , Carlos Sainz will return to a more complicated reality in Baku as he himself has admitted. “Before coming to this weekend I said that Monaco would be a good reference to know how comfortable I was in this car and I felt at home from the first practice. I’ve been fast all weekend. In Baku we will not be the fastest with that huge straight, but if we do it well, we will be able to defend ourselves. Although the one who is going to fly in Baku is Lando, who has a rocket on the straights ”, he concluded. Sainz’s prediction is still curious since Lando Norris already predicted that the Madrid native would do well in 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,” he commented by way of anecdote.