From the first day of preseason at the Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya, Ferrari was quickly one of the greats pointed out as one of the teams that had been successful in correctly interpreting the new Formula 1 technical regulations for 2022.
Both in Barcelona and Bahrain, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc showed that the new F1-75 was solid, consistent and fast in all conditions from the first moment it came out on the track, a series of characteristics that are normally very positive in a car. of F1.
Carlos Sainz , who was able to be at the wheel of the Ferrari on the last day of preseason, spoke about his feelings and acknowledged that so far everything has gone smoothly, however, he ruled out the favorite label that some of his rivals.
“It’s been a very positive six days, because we’ve been able to lap without any problems and test more or less everything we wanted before arriving at the first race and now we can go to the first grand prix with everything tested.”
“I am also happy because on this last day I have been able to try two or three things that I still had to try and they were important, so that has left a better taste in my mouth”.
“I have a good feeling especially with the long runs, because we have done very few short runs and with little fuel, so I have not really been able to test the car in that configuration,” he added.
Comparing performances in preseason is complicated, so the Ferrari driver from Madrid preferred not to make any predictions and wait to see what happens next Saturday in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix that will open the 2022 F1 season.
“It is impossible to know. It is a very common strategy, trying to point to a team that always seems to be doing better, but then in the first race everyone puts everything in its place and they stop making predictions… I don’t know how people keep falling into the trap,” Sainz said.
“These cars are very difficult to drive, they are hard at the suspension level and they are single-seaters that are not as perfect as last year’s, I think that is seen from the outside. So we have to try to take the cars to where the ones from the last season, which at the moment is complicated, but we will try and I think that the F1 teams do that quickly”, finished the #55.
