Carlos Sainz, the new addition to the Ferrari family, does everything possible to keep the Maranello outfit in the fight against his rivals and his former F1 team McLaren.
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In the past few weeks, however, his pit crew has been less involved in Sainz’s pursuit of strong results. Instead, they were mostly caught napping and making terribly slow pit stops, which ultimately affected the Spaniard’s race results.
Formula 1 F1 – Holland Grand Prix – Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, The Netherlands – September 2, 2021 Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. during the FIA press conference pool on REUTERS / Kenzo Tribouillard
After a catastrophic pit stop in Turkey, Ferrari was again unable to dismiss Sainz in the USA within the decisive 3-second mark; Sainz had to stand in his pits for a costly 5.6 seconds and paid the high price of losing his place to Daniel Ricciardo and later to Valtteri Bottas.
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Well, the Spanish media don’t take this lightly. Making a mistake once or twice wouldn’t have caused a stir, but the fact that the same mistakes keep repeating itself makes the media look red. As reported by Formula Passion, one of the Madrid newspapers hit Ferrari because of the US pit stop debacle.
What did the Spanish newspaper write about Ferrari?
From title to content, there have been allegations against Ferrari that are sure to deter the ex-McLaren driver from defeating his new teammate Charles Leclerc. “The umpteenth time that Ferrari apologized to Sainz,” said the headline.
“At Ferrari’s catastrophic stops, it rains in the wet. Carlos Sainz has suffered the impossible at every stop lately and it is in this regard that he is certainly the most punished by the team. (Translated with Google translator)
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Formula 1 F1 – United States Grand Prix – Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, USA – October 23, 2021 Ferraris Charles Leclerc and Ferraris Carlos Sainz Jr. in action during qualifying REUTERS / Brian Snyder
“In Austin he had to take another unfortunate stop, this time of 5.6 seconds. The list of problems when changing tires is long: In Silverstone it was 12.3 seconds, in Hungary 3.8, in Turkey 8.1 ”, according to an article by Marca.
That is obviously unacceptable from Ferrari. What’s even more shocking is that despite the roadblocks, Sainz is still within striking distance of his teammate. And how great it would be if he managed to finish up front in the championship!
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Well, for that to happen, Ferrari must find a way to end their pit stop miss with the Spaniard. So after five more races will the Maranello crew manage to complete the Sainz pit stops perfectly?
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