Ferrari now expect ‘faultless weekends’ from ‘strong driver’ Carlos Sainz. Ferrari now expect 'faultless weekends' from Carlos.

Scuderia Ferrari Spanish driver Carlos Sainz is not that old yet at 26 years old, but he has already driven for a number of Formula 1 teams during his career. He made his debut together with Max Verstappen at Toro Rosso, but when Red Bull didn’t have a seat for him the Spaniard decided to switch to Renault. From there he joined McLaren to form a strong team with rookie Lando Norris. Carlos Sainz’ dream came true last year when he was approached by Scuderia Ferrari, where he is expected to fill the gap that four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel left at the end of the 2020 Formula 1 season/

Error-free weekends
Carlos Sainz has had a positive first part of the 2021 championship so far. He is three points above teammate Charles Leclerc in the championship and already managed to score a two podium finishes for the Italian side, in Monaco and Hungary, just before the summer break. Still Scuderia Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto is not completely satisfied and knows that Carlos has the abilities to do even better

“What I expect from him in the second half of the season is what he has already said. He hasn’t had a weekend without mistakes, there’s always one somewhere. Whether it’s qualifying, the start or in the race itself.” – he explained – “I expect him to keep learning about the team, to understand the car better. Hopefully then he can put in a full weekend with no mistakes soon. I think that is very important for him,” said Mattia Binotto. The Italian is therefore far from surprised by Carlos Sainz’s strong performance this season: “I’m not surprised, when we made him an offer we knew he was a strong driver, that he can race really well and that he can perform very consistently. He is also fast, he has proven that since the beginning of his F1 career. We shouldn’t forget that in his first season at Toro Rosso he was competing against Max [Verstappen]. He did very well then as well. Last year was exactly the same with Lando, he did extremely well and we all know how strong Lando is. He’s showing it again this season, so that doesn’t surprise us at all,” – Scuderia Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto concluded.