Carlos Sainz believes outsiders will not be 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 staff radio about Sainz overtaking him after the ultimate spherical of pit stops after having been instructed his teammate had been instructed to not put him underneath strain. Sainz stated such conditions are regular for the pair, as their in-the-moment reactions come earlier than they’ve a full understanding of the scenario, and that the pair arrived in Qatar having already put the incident behind them.
“It at all times occurs with us,” Sainz stated. “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’ll see all the things with a bit extra perspective and provides your self a little bit of time to research issues, you notice that whenever you discuss by issues you’ll be able to really 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 preventing 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 this so usually that we all know easy methods to discuss after which transfer on from it.”
Sainz says outsiders shouldn’t choose their relationship from afar, insisting what occurs on observe has little impression on how effectively they get on with one another.
“I actually preserve seeing typically in social media that individuals imagine it’s not true and it’s all PR, and actually it disappoints me as a result of individuals can not typically perceive that we have now knowledgeable 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 stated.
“As a result of, once more, if he could be P1 and I’d be P8 or vice versa we might by no means have points, however sadly, or let’s say luckily for the staff, 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 ups and downs, the non-public one, I can let you know, it’s at all times been actually, actually good. He’s a kind of guys that I do know that sooner or later once 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 plenty of good reminiscences with him.
“In these 4 years in Ferrari I’ve loved each single second with him, even the powerful ones, as a lot as they’ve been powerful, I’m fairly positive in 20-30 years I’ll snicker about them and look again with being pleased with what we’ve achieved collectively.”
