Ferrari were Red Bull’s nearest challenger at Monza - and won the race in Singapore - bꦯefore dropping behind McLaꦑren and even Mercedes in subsequent races.

Howeve✅r, the lonജg straights and low-speed corners at Las Vegas are expected to suit Ferrari.

Speaking to the media on Thursday, Sainz pointed to Ferrari’s pace in Italy and Singapore as a strong sign to whether ✱the team will be competitive this weekend.

“[We have] better hope than recently, mainly because tꦛhe track looks probably a bit more suited to us than recent tracks,” Sainz said. ⛄“Long straights like in Monza and tight corners like in Monza or Singapore.

“Maybe there’s the combinations of Turn 1 and Turn 2 where we will not be very quick, but then the rest of the track our cars should be better suited now than recent events and hopefully♌ that gives 💎us a better opportunity.”

It will be the first time F1 races in Las Vegas since 1𒅌982, with the drivers tacklin🌌g an all-new street circuit along the iconic Strip.

Sainz stressed the need to be ‘confident on the brakes’ if he 🐓is going 𝕴to be competitive.

“[Turns] 1, 2 and 3 I think is a good combination, they’re long corners,” Sainz added. “There’s two corners that ༺stand out a bit to the rest of the track that is more like 90-degree angles or short apex corners

“I think there’s a very long combined braking, I think it’s Turn 6 and 7 and that, in the simulator, was actually quit♎e tricky to get right. It’s obviously going to be about the long straights the big braking zones, being confident, getting close to w🌳alls also on the exit of the corners.

“Apart from that it’s just getting confidence with a lo𒀰w-downforce car. On such long straights with heavy braking, it’s about getting comfortable and it’s going to be the key.”