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 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?”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everythi😼ng from American sports,🌌 to football, to F1.