In summary: Carlos Sainz Jnr says McLaren is Ferrari’s biggest rival this season despite his recent form.
In the letter
Sainz sees former Team McLaren as Ferrari’s greatest rival
Ferrari was quick enough to win in Monaco, Sainz believes, but says the team’s focus for this season remains on beating McLaren to third behind Red Bull and Mercedes.
Sainz finished second in last week’s race while team-mate Charles Leclerc took pole position. Currently, however, Sainz believes the shape was “a little unique”.
“We need more samples,” he said. “We need more tracks to see if this really happens. But I think our fight is more with McLaren than Red Bull. “
Sainz admitted, however, that the team “could have won” in Monaco. “I think the pace was there to win and we couldn’t maximize it,” he said. “But we will have more chances in the future.”
Pit stop gambling backfired – Fittipaldi
Pietro Fittipaldi made his Indianapolis 500 debut yesterday, three years after missing the opportunity due to an injury, and finished 25th after playing at his last pit stop of the day.
The Coyne / Rick Ware racing driver who drives Romain Grosjean’s car for the four oval races on this year’s calendar drove up to third place on one stage, but only had to search for fuel five laps to go.
“It wasn’t the destination we were looking for,” said the former Haas F1 driver. “We were caught by the first yellow after our first stop. We made our way back to the reboots and the number 51 car was really classy. Every time we restarted, we made two or three points.
“We were in our teens when we called to pull under the last yellow and then try to save fuel just to make one more stop, but it wasn’t going our way. Had it come out a yellow it would have been great and we would look at another result. It just wasn’t our day. “
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That day in F1
Gilles Villeneuve celebrated an unlikely Grand Prix victory in Monaco in 1981
- Forty years ago today, Gilles Villeneuve won the Monaco Grand Prix for Ferrari by overtaking Alan Jones while Nelson Piquet fell from the lead. Michele Alboreto made his F1 debut
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