Sainz is willing to help Ferrari teammate Leclerc in the latter's battle with Perez for second place in the F1 standings. AbuDhabiGP
Leclerc and Perez head into F1's 2022 season finale on equal points, so whoever finishes the highest in Sunday's race will wrap up the position behind sovereign world champion Max Verstappen.
The battle for second came into focus at last weekend's Sao Paulo Grand Prix, in which Verstappen refused to let Perez past for sixth place due to an undisclosed disagreement between the two earlier this season.Verstappen promising he would help his Mexican teammateOn Ferrari's side the topic has not caused any friction, with Sainz declaring on Saturday that he would be happy to help Leclerc if Ferrari asks him.
"I'll focus on my own race and trying to finish the season with a podium, on a high, but if the team asks me to let him by or help him in the fight with Checo I will do so."We need to play by the moment and see where everyone is at what time. I've never had a problem with letting anyone by in the race with any teammate.
"There's not a lot of corners on this track now so to be to three tenths off Red Bull, I think they just dominated the whole weekend," the Spaniard added.
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