F1's smooth operator is on a bumpy ride with Ferrari. samcooper_ looks into Carlos Sainz's role within the team and what he can do to stop the slump. F1
Carlos Sainz has always been a driver used to time away from the limelight. His first ever race seat had him partnering Max Verstappen and when he made the move to McLaren, a lot of the talk was of the sport’s next great driver in the form of Lando Norris.
And yet, Sainz defied expectation when he beat Charles Leclerc in his debut season with Ferrari in 2021. Talk that Sainz was there to play second fiddle to Leclerc was quickly put to bed and Ferrari were able to ignore the question as to whether they had a number one driver. A podium in Canada and a maiden win in Silverstone were bookended by retirements and in the final six races, he twice finished on the podium, twice off it but still in the points and twice retired.
Lance Stroll’s DNF and the subsequent safety car all but ended Leclerc’s charge up the field, sparing his team-mate’s blushes, but it does now raise the question of what is Sainz’s role at Ferrari?When a team has a supreme talent like a Leclerc or a Verstappen or a Hamilton, the question for the second driver often becomes, what role am I going to play?
Ferrari has long said it has no number one and yet anyone on the outside looking in will clearly be able to point at which of the two Ferrari drivers is more likely to break the sport’s oldest team’s trophy drought.
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