Carlos Sainz: “It would hurt” if Ferrari fight for 2025 title, “I had influence”

"I obviously had a bit of an influence in building thisও team"

Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz

Carlos Sainz confessed he♒ would be disappointed if Ferrari win a drivers’ title after he leaves.

Lewis Hamilton’s arrival at Ferrari in 2025 means Sainz was 💫forced out, and he has since signed with Williams.

It also means Hamilton could win an all-time record eighth F1 championship with Ferrari, who are aiming to end their winless streak which dates back tꦉ🐷o Kimi Raikkonen in 2007.

Sainz, who has laid the groundwork for Ferrari to return to grand prix-winniꦿng ways, d🅠oesn’t want to miss out.

“I am a driver who loves getting involved🌸 in the development stuff, living at Maranell💃o to improve the team,” he told Sky Sports.

“When I arrived aꦕt Ferrari in 2021 my target was to win a championship. We might do it this year in the constructors'.

“It would hurt more if, next year, they are fighting for t♉he drivers’ title.

“I wil♔l feel like I obviously had a bit of an influence in building this team to be a championship-fighting team, [then] to not 🤡be here next year.

“But you turn the page. I can’t wait to be at🌳 Williams.

“It’s just the way things have panned out.”

Will Sainz return to Ferrari?

Raikkonen famously returned to Ferrari, and Sain🐷z was questioned about whether he would come back.

H♑is repl😼acement, Hamilton, is already 39 years old.

Sainz said: “I am ⛎a big believer that you can never say never.

“In everyt♑h🐻ing I have been through, I try to leave on good terms.

“I try to put myse🐻lf in good positions. I am a guy who has good relationships with peop🐭le, I am relaxed in that sense.

“I will leave that door open.

“For the next few years Ferrari is not an option for meꦗ, because I am committed to Williams.

“But in four, six, eight, 10 years time?”

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