After three weeks of summer break, Formula 1 will return to action this weekend at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit to kick off the final phase of the 2022 season, which still has the battle for the title of open pilot despite the great advantage of Max Verstappen.
One of the drivers who still has mathematical options to become world champion is Carlos Sainz, the Maranello driver currently has 156 points, for the 258 units of the Dutchman from Red Bull, but he does not rule out giving a surprise, although he does For that to happen, he recognizes that something should change internally in the Ferrari team.
In statements prior to the 2022 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, the Madrid driver explained that to defeat a team like the energy drinks team or Mercedes, which is getting stronger, Ferrari would first have to perfect itself.
“We need to be more perfect to beat Red Bull and now also Mercedes, who seem to be catching up. They are teams that are performing at a very high level and that’s why you can’t afford any failure, because the moment you You fail minimally, they beat you.
“We took many positive aspects from the first part of the season, such as achieving what was our main objective, which was to constantly return to the fight for victories and also for the championship.”
“But it is true that the car has been very competitive and we probably could have won more races if we had made things a little more perfect,” he added.
Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc at the 2022 Formula 1 Hungarian GP
Speaking personally about what he expects from this second half of the season, Carlos Sainz was sincere and did not speak of the title directly, he simply limited himself to dreaming of more victories from Spa-Francorchamps.
“If you talk about the personal, it would be to win as many races as possible. Get more pole positions and wins, and see where that takes us in the championship at the end of the year.
At the team level, the Spanish rider believes that they are facing “a great opportunity” to consecrate themselves at the front of the grid again and, from there, learn to better manage each and every one of the situations that arise during a weekend of racing, as this campaign has seemed to be one of Ferrari ‘s main problems compared to Red Bull or even Mercedes .
“I also think it’s a great opportunity for the team to continue to build itself up this year. We’ve had a competitive car and now we have to find ways to maximize what we have in every weekend, I think in these nine races that remain. We have to keep trying to achieve that,” Sainz concluded.
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