Despite Expulsion Rumors, Carlos Sainz Intends to “Take Advantage” to End Drought 12 Months After Realizing His Dream at Silverstone

Jul 7, 2023 | 1:45 PM EDT

Despite Expulsion Rumors, Carlos Sainz Intends to “Take Advantage” to End Drought 12 Months After Realizing His Dream at Silverstone

Jul 7, 2023 | 1:45 PM EDT

Carlos Sainz has been enduring a bittersweet 2023 season with Ferrari. While the Spaniard has been comfortably ahead of his highly acclaimed teammate, Charles Leclerc, his seat still may be endangered. What’s more? Despite his superior performances this season, he still hasn’t been able to become the top dog at the Scuderia. That being said, fortune favors the brave, the 28-year-old knows this.

No matter how hard he tries, or how well he does, there is a clear pecking order at Ferrari. And while the team still seems undecided about his fate, Sainz himself wants to give himself the best chance of doing well for his team and get his Ferrari career prolonged.

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Carlos Sainz eager to break F1 drought

The last and only time Sainz won a Grand Prix was exactly 12 months ago at the 2022 British GP, and the last time he stood on a podium was at the 2022 Brazilian GP. And even though Max Verstappen and Red Bull seem uncatchable, Sainz knows he’s always in with a chance.

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The Spaniard was in conversation with the Spanish website AS.com recently. Whilst talking about a myriad of things, the Spanish racing ace expressed his optimism about getting a good result at Silverstone. Speaking to AS.com, he said, “We will try to be the first of the rest there as in Austria, to take advantage in case someone fails.” [translated via Google Translate]

While Sainz will do whatever is possible for his Ferrari dream to stay alive, what does the team from Maranello have to do to keep the Spaniard engaged?

Sainz spells out his Ferrari demands

Sainz is in the penultimate year of his Ferrari contract. With his current deal running out at the end of 2024, what does the Spanish racing ace want from his team to keep him in Italy for many more seasons to come?

Sainz told Sky, “Obviously I don’t want to reveal what my strategies are in terms of contractual negotiations because it’s something that I never disclose. But if you’ve heard me in interviews in the past, I’ve always said I like going into an F1 season knowing where I’m going to race the year after.”

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Anirban Aly Mandal

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Anirban Aly Mandal is a senior F1 writer at EssentiallySports, with over 1000 articles published on the platform. Anirban's love for F1 started when he discovered a copy of F1 2014 while playing on his computer, and he has since then dived deep into the world of motorsports. Anirban's expertise goes beyond just writing - he has also written several academic papers focused on the domain of motorsports.

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