Carlos Sainz has been selected to be Ferrari’s number 2 driver, according to Italian businessman Flavio Briatore. Having presided as Benetton and Renault team boss over four separate titles with Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso, Flavio Briatore always ran a policy of pairing a “very special” driver with a competent teammate.
“The situation seems clear to me,” the Italian tells La Gazzetta dello Sport – “Ferrari is fully committed to Charles Leclerc.”
Briatore agrees that Charles Leclerc, like Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso, is a stand-out driver: “Charles has also made it clear that he is a very special racing driver,” he said – “For me, the winning recipe is always to have a driver for the title and a driver who scores a lot of points and takes them away from the opponents. Sebastian Vettel simply had to pay when such a fast man joined Ferrari,” Flavio Briatore claimed – “Just as Lewis Hamilton did at McLaren, Leclerc surprised the team. But if you have two equal drivers in a racing team, then all you do is take mutually important points from one another.” – he added.
As for Carlos Sainz’s appointment for 2021, Flavio Briatore said: “He is a good driver who had a very nice season in 2019, especially if you think about which car he was driving.” – he concluded.
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