Sainz says he’ll be even stronger in the second half of 2021 as he admits he doesn’t have to maximize a weekend for Ferrari just yet

Carlos Sainz says he is “quite proud” of the results he achieved in his first half of the season at Ferrari but insists there will be more to come in the second half of 2021 as he seeks consistency that is his Pace corresponds.

Sainz left McLaren to work with Charles Leclerc at Ferrari in 2021. When asked to rate the first half of this season, the Spaniard was delighted with his pace – but said there would be more to come.

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“I have the feeling that in the first few races it was very difficult to sum up the whole weekend,” said Sainz. “There was a lot of speed, but only very rarely was I able to achieve the entire qualifying, the race strategy, the tire management, the starts and thus a very good result.

“But I feel like this has gotten a lot better lately and once I start putting weekends together I’ll be a lot more consistent and not just fast,” he added.

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The former Toro Rosso and McLaren driver also added that he had tackled the daunting challenge of “trusting” Ferrari and that he had picked up pace in the SF21 from the very first time behind the wheel.

“I’m pretty happy, pretty positive about this first half; Of course it was quite a challenge when I started on a new team and a big team like Ferrari, ”he said.

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“I went in with confidence, but you don’t know how it will really turn out so I have to say that I’m pretty proud, pretty happy. The speed has been there since the first race, which immediately made me a little more relaxed, I knew immediately that I was very fast with this car and that I could easily improve on other things, you know, this is just the whole weekend together ” , adds Sainz.

With P3 from position 15 in Hungary and P2 from position four in Monaco, Sainz is sixth in the championship and three points ahead of his impressive team-mate Leclerc, who is entering the second half of the season.