Scuderia Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz feels that drivers will need to be able to adapt in order to be prepared for next year’s record 23-race schedule, and especially the run of flyaway races at the end of the championship.
After this year’s run of 22 events, the calendar is extended by one event next season. Yet there will be more races outside Europe, with Miami added and several races that were skipped for the past two seasons returning.
Carlos Sainz confirmed that he intends to prepare a plan in order to ensure that he will still be in good shape for the later races.
“I think next year is going to be tough for everyone. It’s no secret that is going to be the most demanding season in Formula 1 history. And as drivers we are going to need to adapt, we’re going to need to make sure we stay on high energy levels, and control a bit the way we do things to make sure we arrive fresh to the end of the year where the back to backs start to happen, and where the big travelling days start to happen. I’m sure I will do my my due diligence with my people back at home to put together a plan to arrive to the second half of the of the season as fresh as I can be.” – Carlos Sainz explained, ahead of the United States Grand Prix this weekend.
Carlos Sainz admitted that the final part of the current season is far from ideal:
“It’s just a shame that because of COVID we couldn’t do back to back Austin/Mexico, which would have been easier for everyone. It’s a shame that we need to go from Brazil to Qatar straight away, but I don’t mind so much the order, it’s just the back-to-back situation hasn’t been put particularly efficiently. But we all know it’s because of COVID, it’s because of the little compromises that the championship has needed to take, and I hope that next year’s calendar and everything is a bit more together, that there’s not necessary travelling here and there.” – the Spanish driver concluded.
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