Rosberg: "I was wrong to criticize Ferrari for signing Carlos Sainz"

The one who was world champion said in his day that in Maranello they should have bet on Ricciardo instead of the Spanish. However, for Carlos Sainz five races with Ferrari have been enough for Nico Rosberg to have wanted to apologize publicly. “I was wrong to criticize Ferrari for signing Carlos Sainz because I believed that Daniel Ricciardo was a perfect fit for the Scuderia,” the German acknowledged. who currently serves as a commentator. Nico Rosberg wanted to value the results achieved by the Madrid native, comparing them with those obtained by Sergio Pérez and Sebastian Vettel. “Everyone changed teams like Sainz, but Carlos seems to have been with Marenello his whole life. He has adapted to the car and is pushing Leclerc. In Monaco he was practically at his height, “he added.” We must congratulate Carlos because he is doing very well. It was a great success for Ferrari. I was very critical when I said that if you could sign Ricciardo, how did you choose Sainz? But he is doing very well. Binotto was right ”, Nico Rosberg continued. The German also justified the Ferrari driver’s anger after qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix: “It’s great. Must be like this. I thought I could have made the pole if it weren’t for the red flag. He was very fast and it’s very good to see him like that. ”Ferrari opted for Sainz and not RicciardoNico Rosberg advocated Daniel Ricciardo as a replacement for Sebastian Vettel and the Australian was an option for Ferrari. This was recognized by the now McLaren driver: “We were in contact until the moment Sainz was announced, so I cannot deny that Ferrari was an option. However, the result is different.I don’t know why and I really haven’t bothered to find out why it didn’t finally happen. ”Ricciardo hasn’t made Sainz forget at McLarenFinally Ricciardo was Carlos Sainz’s replacement at McLaren. This is something that made Lando Norris happy because, unlike the Madrilenian, the Australian knew what it was like to win in Formula 1. Norris considered that the signing of Daniel Ricciardo would be positive as it would bring new things. However, the Englishman admits that with the arrival of this one he has realized how good Carlos Sainz was, like Sergio Pérez or Sebastian Vettel, Ricciardo is having a hard time adapting to his new car, something he did thus allusion Lando Norris: “From what I’ve seen so far, he wants a car that really suits him, maybe a little more. Carlos was good at driving a car that wasn’t always easy to drive, he was very good at it. I guess it’s one of the things that I have noticed now. ”“ Daniel is very fast when he has a car for him and when everything is adapted, but as soon as there are a couple of problems, like most of them. of pilots, it tends to lose some confidence ”, he continued. “Then you suffer a little more. I don’t think it just happens to him. It is something that happens more to some pilots than to others. It’s a matter of trust, “Lando Norris concluded. Button also criticized Sainz’s signing for Ferrari. Like Nico Rosberg, another world champion who questioned the arrival of the Spanish in Maranello was Jenson Button. “Binotto has gone for Carlos because he thinks he has good hands and it was a good opportunity, but I think he was wrong, because I think Carlos is a winner, he’s like his father,” he said that he was Fernando Alonso’s teammate.“Carlos is going to do the best he can, he wants to go for the championship. I think they have chosen the wrong person if they want to have a good atmosphere within the team, obviously he has great character and wants to win, “added Button in May 2020. In his case, in April he changed the speech and already considered that Ferrari had successful signing Sainz. “I think Carlos will get closer to Leclerc. I have spoken to the McLaren engineers and they tell me that Sainz is basically an engineer. That’s great, of course, because you don’t let your emotions put you off when it comes to what’s possible to do with the car. He doesn’t go over the limit when he drives and we saw him all weekend in Bahrain. He’s a smart guy, so Ferrari can boast of having a great duo of drivers on board, ”concluded Jenson Button.