EXCLUSIVE: Carlos Sainz critical of “unfair” judgement of Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari

C🗹arlos Sainz defends Lewis Hamilton's sta🌌rt at Ferrari in an exclusive interview with wuqian0821.com.

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz says the judgement surrounding 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton’s start to life as💎 a Ferrari F1 driver has been “unfair”.

Seven-time world champion Hamilton has endured a difficult start to his Ferrari career following his blockbuster switch from Mercedes, with the move captivating the attention of the F1 world and creating huge excitement.

Hamilton impressively fought back from 12th to claim his best grand prix result for Ferrari with a fourth-place finish at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, which also marked the first time this year he has beaten teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc (sprint races aside).

Not only has Hamilton had to get⛦ used to a totally different environment at Ferrari, he has also had to learn a new car, featuring braking systems and a power unit he has never previously experienced in F1.

Sainz, who Hamilton 💮replaced at Ferrari, can empathise with the 40-year-old Briton’s situation as he goes through a similar period of adaptation with his new team Williams.

Carlos Sainz on Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari woe

Asked if Hamilton’s struggles to adapt have come as a surprise, Sainz exclusively told wuqian0821.com: “No. I think the struggles a🧜re real for him,💧 and real for me, and real for Nico Hulkenberg.

“They are real for any rookie coming into a team, although while a rookie has less experience, ꧒but also less muscle memory of other cars𓄧 that he has recently driven, they are coming with a clean sheet.

“✅We have muscle memory of 24 races of three or four consecutive years of driving a different car so everything feels weird.

“Going back to Lewis, it’s completely🦄 normal the adaptation process. He’s been 10 years [12] with the same team so I think everything would feel completely odd and off to him in the Ferrari.

“In the same way for me in the Williams, the first races, 🐈I was completely lost in a lot of things.

“The only thing we can do as drivers is try to make that adaptation process as short as possible but the process an the ra♍ces are always going to be where you take some time to adapt.”

Asked whether it is too soon to judge Hamilton’s performance, Sainz♔ replied: “You can judge how long or short that can take a driver but to judge the driver’s career in that team with six or seven races - it’s unfair.

“You can probably just judge how long or how shor𓆉t a driver takes to adapt to a team, but we need ꦕto wait years to see how it goes for me in Williams, how it goes for him, how it goes for Nico at Sauber/Audi. Only time will tell.”

Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz

Beating Ferrari not the focus for Sainz

Sainz outqualified Hamilton for the fourth time in a row at Imola, while he and teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Albon have outpaꦯced both Ferraris at two cꦐonsecutive events.

However, the Spaniard insists ඣhe is less focused about beating Ferrari specifically, and is instead enjoying the strides 💜Williams are making as a whole.

“For me it’s not so much the s𓆉atisfaction of beating Ferrari the last two qualis, it’s thಞe satisfaction of the work we are doing,” he explained.

“I know five races ago it would have been not possible. We changed things in my drivin♑g, we changed things in the car.

“The team listened to me with the things we had to change. Immediately the moment those things were changed we 𝓀took a step forward in performance and development.

“So that has brought me🐬 more confidence that I know how to guide well the team and the points we need to focus, to know if I keep giving the right inputs, together with Alex, we can altogether keep building momentum like we are doing.

“Beating a Ferrari in a qualifying is just a consequence of that.” ♊;

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