F1: Leclerc’s teammate wants change at Ferrari

In 2023, it was almost impossible to beat Red Bull. The Austrian team, led by an untouchable Max Verstappen, won 21 Grands Prix out of 22. Only Ferrari had managed to win a race, thanks to Carlos Sainz, in Singapore. A great success for the Italian team, even if Sainz admits: he absolutely did not like the 2023 version of Ferrari’s single-seater and hopes that the 2024 version will be better.

After a rather successful 2022 season for Ferrari, including several victories of Charles Leclerc (3) and one of Carlos Sainzthe situation has completely changed in 2023 with total domination of Red Bull who did not go far from faultless. Carlos Sainz managed to win the only race that failed to win Red Bull. Which did not prevent the drivers from not appreciating the single-seater of Ferrari (SF-23).

“Honestly, the SF-23 gave me headaches!”

In an interview given to AS, Carlos Sainz, the pilot Ferrari and teammate of Charles Leclerc admits not having appreciated the single-seater in which he sat in 2023: “ I’ve heard a lot about the SF-23 being a car that suited me, that I loved… there’s nothing further from the truth. Honestly, it gave me headaches! Not just to me, but also to my teammate and the entire team. She was very difficult to understand. »

“I hope that in 2024 our car will be more versatile and easier to drive”

« I never liked driving it, I had to adapt to a lot of things throughout the season and I had to try a lot of different settings without ever finding the ideal solution. I hope that in 2024 our car will be more versatile and easier to drive and tune, warns Sainz. I hope we will have a much better race car overall. »

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