Carlos Sainz believes outsiders should not differentiating between his working relationship with Charles Leclerc and his private one following feedback the latter made eventually week’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.
Leclerc was outspoken on group radio about Sainz overtaking him after the ultimate spherical of pit stops after having been advised his teammate had been instructed to not put him underneath strain. Sainz mentioned such conditions are regular for the pair, as their in-the-moment reactions come earlier than they’ve a full understanding of the state of affairs, and that the pair arrived in Qatar having already put the incident behind them.
“It at all times occurs with us,” Sainz mentioned. “We undergo some misunderstandings that within the warmth of the second (that) we clearly are fairly vocal about and we really feel very annoyed about. After a few days have passed by and you may see all the pieces with a bit extra perspective and provides your self a little bit of time to research issues, you notice that if you speak by means of issues you possibly can truly perceive them and put them behind (you).
“That’s the train that we’ve been having to do for 4 years as a result of we’re at all times sharing the identical piece of tarmac and we’re at all times combating one another on observe as a result of we’re driving the identical automobile and we’re equally on tempo, and we’ve gone by means of this so typically that we all know speak after which transfer on from it.”
Sainz says outsiders shouldn’t decide their relationship from afar, insisting what occurs on observe has little impression on how properly they get on with one another.
“I actually maintain seeing generally in social media that individuals consider it’s not true and it’s all PR, and actually it disappoints me as a result of individuals can’t generally perceive that we have now an expert relationship, and in that skilled relationship we undergo ups and downs and, as aggressive as we’re, there’re at all times going to have some points on observe,” he mentioned.
“As a result of, once more, if he could be P1 and I might be P8 or vice versa we’d by no means have points, however sadly, or let’s say thankfully for the group, we’re at all times in the identical level on the observe and we’re having our little points right here and there.
“However then we even have a private relationship and as a lot because the skilled one goes by means of ups and downs, the non-public one, I can inform you, it’s at all times been actually, actually good. He’s a type of guys that I do know that sooner or later after I’m not in System 1, I’ll look again and say I’m glad I met him and I’m glad I raced with him and I’m glad I can have a number of good recollections with him.
“In these 4 years in Ferrari I’ve loved each single second with him, even the robust ones, as a lot as they’ve been robust, I’m fairly certain in 20-30 years I’ll giggle about them and look again with being pleased with what we’ve achieved collectively.”
