F1: Sainz speaks as a Ferrari driver, on par with Leclerc

A dream come true, the excitement of the first day in Maranello, the goal of "creating a cycle" and the collaboration with Leclerc, with whom he will start on an equal footing. In a press conference at the family kart track in Madrid, the new Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz looks to the near future and also to the past with McLaren. "I arrive at Ferrari to do my best and create my cycle - says the Spaniard who yesterday lived his first day in Maranello - Every time you dream of Ferrari, you dream of winning My dream has always been to win one day , with Ferrari. I will give everything to try to make it happen, but there is still a long way to go. " Sainz recounts the negotiation that brought him to the Maranello team began last March, on his return from Australia to end on May 15 with the announcement: "It was all very intense - he says - it was a very intense quarantine, lots of zoom, lots of calls. We weren't bored. " The Spaniard then talks about his day yesterday in Maranello: "It was a special day - Sainz's words - What did I feel when I wore the red suit in Maranello? It was an official suit without a sponsor, the same one I will use in the first tests and tailor-made. So it suited me well. I said to myself 'this is really happening'. I got into the Ferrari but I didn't have a helmet, I wore Marc Gené's. I can already say that my first time in Ferrari was with a Gené helmet ... There was no mirror, too bad! But then I saw myself in the photos on social media: I was quite impressed. It was a special day that I'm sure I will never forget ". Sainz talks about the objectives: "Every time you dream Ferrari you dream of winning. These are words that go hand in hand, and my dream has always been to win with them - he says - It will be complicated and of course I will give everything to try to make it happen but the road is still long, there is a restructuring underway and I will need to improve a lot to put myself in a position to win one day, but that is the final goal and what I will try to do ". And about the fact that he and Charles Leclerc will start on an equal footing, as announced by Mattia Binotto, Sainz is not surprised: "I already knew, when I sign I know what I sign. I go to Ferrari on equal terms with my partner. help, like in McLaren. The team comes first, then on the track you try to beat anyone. We have been getting along well with Charles since he joined F1 and I hope he will continue to do so even now. He is more serious and silent than Lando Norris , that's for sure, but I was too ".