Mario Andretti, the 1978 F1 world champion, expressed sympathy for Carlos Sainz because the Spanish driver prepares to go away Scuderia Ferrari after the ultimate three races of the 2024 Components 1 championship. At the beginning of the 12 months, the Italian facet knowledgeable Carlos Sainz that his time with the workforce would finish after the present F1 marketing campaign, with seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton set to take his place beginning with the 2025 season.
Carlos Sainz, who joined the Maranello workforce in 2021, has secured 4 Grand Prix wins throughout his time with the long-lasting Italian workforce. Whereas Mario Andretti is raring to see Lewis Hamilton race for Ferrari, he additionally acknowledged that Carlos Sainz has confronted a tricky scenario.
“It’s nice to see a driver like Hamilton coming to Ferrari,” the American-Italian former racing driver and businessman, who competed in Components One from 1968 to 1982, mentioned in a latest interview with the Italian every day newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“I’m certain he’ll deliver a number of data, after a complete profession spent working with British groups, and likewise a number of curiosity from the followers for this new section in his life. Alternatively, nevertheless, I’ve to say that I really feel very sorry for Carlos Sainz, who in recent times has proven that he can battle on the highest degree and is commonly on a par with Charles Leclerc. I feel he has been a bit sacrificed and I’m sorry that he has not discovered a high workforce for his future in Components 1.” – the previous Ferrari driver defined.
The British driver will grow to be Charles Leclerc’s fourth full-time teammate at Ferrari, a workforce the Monegasque joined firstly of the 2019 Components 1 season. Nonetheless, Lewis Hamilton would be the most skilled and profitable driver Charles Leclerc has ever partnered with, boasting greater than 100 Grand Prix victories.
And Mario Andretti believes Charles Leclerc could have a lot to study from the 30-year-old, as they workforce as much as assist Ferrari regain its place on the entrance of the grid: “Everybody experiences issues in a different way and also you would want to know all the main points of the deal to know Leclerc’s place. What is for certain is that it is going to be an enormous increase for Charles subsequent 12 months to have a champion like Hamilton by his facet. Subsequent season we may even have a number of rookies on monitor, like Kimi Antonelli making his Mercedes debut at solely 18 years outdated.” – Mario Andretti concluded.
Nov 19, 2024
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