Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Carlos Sainz admitted that he would not be content if at the end of his Formula 1 career he would be remembered as a Rubens Barrichello-type driver.
Although highly talented, experienced and accomplished, Brazilian Barrichello will probably be best remembered as the clear number 2 driver to Ferrari’s top star Michael Schumacher.
“Would I be happy being a Barrichello? No, clearly not,” Carlos Sainz admitted, as the Spanish driver became Charles Leclerc’s teammate at Ferrari this year.
“I want to be world champion one day,” the Spaniard told Spanish media on Monday – “That is what I crush myself for every day. Time will tell if I achieve that or not.”
For now, Carlos Sainz says he is still getting up to speed at Maranello, so he continues to look towards Leclerc’s side of the garage for guidance and improvement: “Charles obviously knows better than me how to drive this car, having been in Ferrari for three years. It’s true that I’m trying to copy his driving style a little. I just want to absorb everything he knows about the car.” – he added.
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Scuderia Ferrari will introduce an important power unit upgrade in the next few weeks, as the target for this upgrade is the Turkish Grand Prix: “I’m not sure about that. I think there will be news on that in the coming weeks.” – trhe Spanish driver explained.
Carlos Sainz confirms that Ferrari fully grasped the opportunity to “start from scratch” with its 2022 package: “I hope we are as prepared as anyone else for that change. We have been working on the 2022 car since January – 90 percent of the time in the simulator too. I have no idea about the others, but we are not leaving anything behind to fight again to win next year.” – Carlos concluded.
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