EXCLUSIVE: Carlos Sainz critical of “unfair” judgement of Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari

Carlos Sainz defends Lewis Hamilton's start at Ferrari in an exclusiveﷺ interview with ltxcn.top.

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz says the judgement surrounding 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s start to life as ꦏa Ferrari F1 driver has been “unfair”.

Seven-time world champion Hamilton has endured a difficult start to his Ferrari career following his blockbuster switch from Mercedes, with the move captivating the attention of the F1 world and creating huge excitement.

Hamilton impressively fought back from 12th to claim his best grand prix result for Ferrari with a fourth-place finish at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which also marked the first time this year he has beaten teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc (sprint races aside).

Not only has Hamilton ha𒆙d to get used to a totally different environment at Ferra⛄ri, he has also had to learn a new car, featuring braking systems and a power unit he has never previously experienced in F1.

Sainz, who Hamilton replaced at Ferrari, can empathise with the 40-year-old Briton’s situation as he goes through a similar period of adaptation w✨ith his new team Williams.

Carlos Sainz on Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari woe

Asked if Hamilto🍸n’s struggles to adapt have come as a surprise, Sainz exclusively told ltxcn.top: “No. I think the struggles are real for him, and real for me, and real for Nico Hulkenberg.

“They are real for any rookie coming into a team,𓄧 although while a rookie has less experience, but also less muscle memory oꦏf other cars that he has recently driven, they are coming with a clean sheet.

“We have muscle memory of 24 races of three or four consecutive 🐼years of driving a different car so everything feels weird.

“Going back to Lewis, it’s completely norm𝔉al the adaptation process. He’s been 10 years [12] with the same team so I think everything would feel completely odd and off to him in the Ferrari.

“In the same way for me in the꧟ Williams, the first races, I waꩲs completely lost in a lot of things.

“The only thing we can do as drivers is try to make that adaptation process as short as possible but the process an the races are🌃 always going to be w🍌here you take some time to adapt.”

Asked whether it is too soon to judge Hamilton’s peꦬrformance, Sainz replied: “You can judge how long or short that can take a driver but to judge the driver’s career in that team with six 🐭or seven races - it’s unfair.

“You can probably just judge how long or how short a driver takes to adapt to a team🐠, but we need to wait years to see how it goes for me in Williams, how it goes for him, 🍰how it goes for Nico at Sauber/Audi. Only time will tell.”

Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz

Beating Ferrari not the focus for Sainz

Sainz outqualified Hamilton for the fourth time in a row at Imola, while he and teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon havꦓe outpaced both Ferraris at two consecutive events.

However, th💟e Spaniard insists he is less focused about beating Ferrari specifically, and is instead enjoying the strides Williams are making as a whole.

“For me it’s not so much the satisfaction of beating Ferrari the last two qualis, it’s thꦐe satisfaction of the work we are doing,” he explained.

“I kno🔯w five races ago it would have been n♐ot possible. We changed things in my driving, we changed things in the car.

“The team listened to me with the things we had t꧒o change. Immediately the moment those things were changed we took a step forward in performance and development.

“So that has brought me more confidence that I know how to🍸 guide well the team and the points we need to focus, to know if I keep giving the right inputs, together with Alex, we ca⛄n altogether keep building momentum like we are doing.

“Beating a Ferrari in a qualifying is just a cons🤪equence of that.” 

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