Carlos Sainz was central to a round of driver transfers in 2020 that will see him join Scuderia Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel part ways with the Maranello team for Aston Martin, and Daniel Ricciardo join McLaren in place of Sainz for 2021. But of that trio, it is only Carlos Sainz who may gain extra testing time with his new team before the new season starts.
With testing expected to be a three-day event in 2021 (compared to six days in 2020), new drivers will have a tougher time settling in to their respective teams this year. The sporting regulations state that teams are allowed to test cars that were used in any of the three calendar years prior to 2020, which is a possibility for Carlos at Ferrari, according to the Italian side’s Team Principal Mattia Binotto.
“Obviously we are planning to organise something for Carlos, to make sure he can speed up somehow his integration with the team, with the engineers, with the car, with our way of working, our procedures,” explained Mattia Binotto – “Simulator will be important in that respect… but yes, we are currently trying to organise January time eventually, to run with an old car, just to make sure again he gets used to the team and our procedures and know the people.” – the Scuderia Ferrari boss concluded.
Leave a Reply