Carlos Sainz to sign Ferrari contract extension ahead of Imola race

Next week, Scuderia Ferrari and Carlos Sainz will meet and put in black and white a two-year extension of the contract which is currently expiring at the end of the 2022 Formula 1 season, with the intention of sending the Spanish driver a clear message of support after a difficult start to the championship by the 27-year-old from Madrid.

In the first round of the 2022 F1 campaign, at the Bahrain International circuit, the second place at the checkered flag did not please Carlos Sainz, who hadn’t hesitated to describe the Sakhir weekend as the most complex and difficult one since he has driven the Maranello car. In Saudi Arabia the feeling with the F1-75 had improved, allowing him to extend his streak of podiums with a third place finish, behind Max Verstappen and his Maranello team.

We therefore arrive in Melbourne and it was a weekend to forget for Carlos Sainz, who in Q3 he was not able to exploit the potential of his F1-75 car, qualifying ninth and then exiting the scene in the very first stages of the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday due to a mistake in an attempt to make up the positions lost at the start of the race.

Ahead of the next round of the 2022 Formula 1 season, the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at the Imola circuit, as reported by today’s edition of Corriere dello Sport in an article written by Fulvio Solms, Carlos Sainz will receive a confidence boost by signing an extension of the agreement between with Scuderia Ferrari for a further two seasons: “The contract has recently been completed, the detailed have been finalized and there is only one thing missing to comply with the rules that govern Wall Street and the Italian Stock Exchange: a private signing and announcement within twenty-four hours” – the Italian newspaper informs, as reported by formulapassion.it.

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Finally, Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto has no intention of designating a first and a second driver, despite the ranking expressing an eloquent 71-33 in favor of Charles Leclerc at this stage: “Not only to avoid frustrating Carlos Sainz’s talent but also to keep Charles very alert, around which Mattia Binotto has no intention of creating a ‘cotton wool nest’ ” – Corriere dello Sport concluded.