Carlos Sainz, moving forward without losing innocent joy

Illusion is a fundamental engine in life.

In professional sport, where great goals require a long term, enjoying the journey is essential.

Without that daily dream, far from a passion that moves us, it is impossible to approach what one day made us take the first step.

Moving forward without losing that innocent joy is complicated, and it is what separates good athletes from great competitors.

Sport poses a very clear path: it demands a supreme effort and does not guarantee any results.

In order not to despair on this path, where so many end up lowering their arms, we must find something to guide us.

An additional stimulus that keeps us firm as the first day.

The love for sport is that engine, valuing each step of the way as the one that leads us to consummate the result.

Just a few days ago, Carlos Sainz achieved his first victory in the Formula 1 World Championship at the Silverstone circuit. Born into a flagship motorsport family, with his father as a great reference, the Madrid native has felt the passion since he was very young for the layouts.

Having that environment helps build a dream, but it takes the true passion and talent to emulate those footsteps.

Carlos has been forged in that culture since he was a child, improving as an athlete and climbing in the different categories of motorsport until he reached the front line.

It is a sport where nobody gives anything away, in which life is played in each race and training trying to be the fastest.

A discipline of reflexes, fleeting decisions and expertise, in which a determined mind, driven by an enormous desire to succeed, is essential on the asphalt.

The importance of the team seems evident, from the engineers who design the vehicle, the mechanics in charge of setting it up and the strategies of the governing body.

There is no doubt about the basis of their knowledge and decisions.

But the person who squeezes the world's performance out of the car is the driver, whose work is put to the test under the maximum pressure imaginable.

Carlos landed last year at Ferrari, one of the most legendary teams in the

, signing one of the best contracts of his career and entering the history of Spanish motorsport.

Aware that Ferrari could give him what every driver longs for, one of the leading cars on the grid.

His talent has not been slow to show the fruits of that link with the Italian house.

Several podiums and great races placed him as one of the main drivers in the World Championship, waiting to take the step with his first great victory.

That award came at Silverstone, one of the most revered tracks in the world of motorsports.

At the British GP, his name was etched into the history of the sport.

A triumph that he had sought during races and a desire that he has already had the opportunity to consummate.

Let's enjoy the great talents that sport offers.

Sainz is already one of the best riders in the world, and with patience and perseverance, sooner or later his chance will come again.

Hopefully we will see him raise his fist today at the Austrian GP.

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