“Ferrari told us to fight carefully”

2023-09-03 18:40:31

“These are my principles, but if you don’t like them, I have others.” Ferrari has chosen today in Monza for a Groucho Marx speech. In previous careers, when he was Charles Leclerc the one who had the advantage on the track, they did not allow to attack Carlos Sainz with the argument that the team is above the particular interests of its pilots and “the important thing is to ensure the result.”

A premise that the head of the scuderia, Fred Vasseur, has not taken into account today at the Italian Grand Prix. Sainz deserved the podium more than ever. After taking pole position on Saturday, he defended himself like a wild boar against the almighty Red Bull of Verstappen and Pérez and in the last few laps he had an unexpected enemy, his teammate Leclerc, who was given free rein from the wall to fight with the man from Madrid

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The Monegasque has been asked to “fight without taking risks” and Carlos has said on the radio what the Ferrari boss should have thought: “Please, guys, let’s bring this home.” Logical considering that Sainz and Leclerc no longer had They had no chance of catching up with the Red Bulls and if they fought each other they could throw away a third and fourth place in the event of an accident.Sainz silenced everyone on the track and saved third place in Monza, which also keeps him for ahead of Leclerc in the World Cup.

“I’ve given it all”

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Later, before the DAZN microphones, he has ‘bitten his tongue’ avoiding a confrontation with Ferrari. “We have been told to fight carefully. I think it’s part of racing, especially at Monza where obviously we both wanted the podium. It has been a hard battle, but a beautiful one. It’s always a pleasure to race against drivers like Charles, Checo, Max. Beautiful battles, to the limit”, Carlos has valued with ‘fair play’.

“I tried everything, from the start I tried to hold Max every lap. He gave it his all, but that cost me more tire use than it should and stopping earlier than it should. I preferred to try it before staying with the desire and with what would have happened. I have achieved a podium, which is the maximum that could be achieved today and I am very happy to have been able to give this joy to the Ferrari fans”, he pointed out.