Carlos Sainz

The Spaniard could only set the 13th fastest time in qualifying on Saturday as he failed to make it through to the final Q3 session for the first time this year.<br>Reflecting on what happened, Sainz said that concerns about cooling of his car after final free practice prompted some bodywork changes – and that hampered his form.<br>"When the qualifying started we saw that the others went a ...

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The Haas driver was shown a black and white flag and then received a post-race warning from the stewards after the race following two controversial moves, the first in front of Sainz, and the second Daniel Ricciardo.<br>Grosjean himself still disputes that he did anything wrong with Sainz, but after reviewing videos he acknowledged that his move on Ricciardo was "marginal" and "too ...

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<br>The coronavirus pandemic has prompted F1 to radically shake-up its calendar in a bid to get enough races in, with venues that had been dropped by the sport years ago suddenly getting a fresh chance.<br>Such an opportunity for the older circuits will offer a fascinating insight into how well suited they are for delivering exciting battles in the modern era, especially compared to contemporary ...

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The Spaniard was running a strong fifth and had just moved up to fourth after Valtteri Bottas suffered a tyre failure when he suffered a similar issue on the penultimate lap.<br>He got the car back to the pits, but finished out of the points in 13th place. A fifth-place finish for teammate Lando Norris gave the team some compensation.<br>Seidl insisted that up to that point of the failure there ...

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The Spaniard is adamant that contemporary F1 machinery is a step above anything the sport has had before – with cars faster and more powerful than ever.<br>But Sainz believes there is a disconnect between how spectacular F1 cars feel to drive and how they look on television.<br>He reckons that footage of cars from the 1990s, which were several seconds slower, looks faster than machinery from now ...

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Current McLaren driver Sainz agreed a deal back in May to join Ferrari for the 2021 season, replacing four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel.<br>The move looked like a step toward the front of the grid for Sainz, only for Ferrari to make a difficult start to the 2020 season.<br>Vettel and Sainz’s future teammate, Charles Leclerc, both failed to outqualify either McLaren last weekend in ...

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Sainz qualified a superb third in the wet session at the Red Bull Ring, while his teammate Lando Norris will start sixth despite physical issues.<br>In last weekend’s race Norris started and finished third, both times benefiting from a penalty for Lewis Hamilton that gifted him a place.<br>Sainz says a combination of factors have ensured that McLaren is currently the team able to benefit when ...

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The Spanish driver produced an impressive late lap in Q3 to jump up to third place in qualifying to maintain McLaren’s strong start to the 2020 Formula 1 season following on from teammate Lando Norris’s maiden podium in last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix. <br>Sainz, who says he relishes driving in wet conditions, admits it was one of the most stressful sessions he has experienced in his F1 ...

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Sainz will leave McLaren at the end of the season and join Ferrari after being confirmed as four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel’s replacement in May. <br>Sainz still has one complete F1 season to race with McLaren after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the start of the campaign, which is now due to begin on July 5 in Austria.<br>Drivers moving teams often find themselves being ...

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Ferrari announced last month that Sainz would be joining the team from 2021 on a multi-year deal, replacing four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel.<br>It marks a step up to a front-running team for Sainz, who has spent the entirety of his F1 career racing with midfield outfits Toro Rosso, Renault and McLaren.<br>Barrichello raced for Ferrari between 2000 and 2005, and said that while Sainz may ...

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<br>There is a habit for memories in Formula 1 to be very, very short, often prompting more current events to be overhyped.<br>That much is true of last year's Brazilian Grand Prix. It offered one of the most dramatic finishes to a race in recent F1 history, and a shock result with two total outsiders standing on the podium.<br>But until the first safety car period, triggered with 18 laps to go ...

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Brown says Carlos Sainz’s move to Ferrari for 2021 was handled openly and amicably, while in contrast he sees “bad blood” at both the Maranello outfit and Renault, where the impending exits of Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo have been accompanied by some tension between the parties.<br>Brown says that McLaren knew that Sainz had an opportunity to go to Ferrari, and formally gave him ...

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After announcing on Tuesday that Vettel would be leaving the team at the end of the season, Ferrari moved swiftly to strike a deal with Sainz as his replacement.<br>Ferrari issued a statement on Thursday morning confirming Sainz would be joining the team from McLaren for the 2021 season, partnering Charles Leclerc.<br>Ferrari said Sainz had signed a two-year deal.<br>"I am very happy that I will ...

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Ferrari confirmed on Tuesday morning that four-time world champion Vettel would be leaving at the end of 2020 after both parties agreed to break off talks over a new contract.<br>Ferrari has moved swiftly to identify a replacement for Vettel, with sources indicating to Motorsport.com that a deal has now been struck with current McLaren driver Sainz.<br>An announcement is expected from Ferrari in ...

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Ferrari announced on Tuesday morning that four-time world champion Vettel would be leaving the team at the end of the season after talks over a new contract broke down. The decision has kicked off the driver market silly season for 2021, freeing up one of the most coveted seats on the F1 grid.<br>Red Bull driver Verstappen reacted to the news while speaking in an Instagram Q&A with former F1 ...

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F1 will stage its latest Virtual Grand Prix event this weekend in place of the Dutch Grand Prix, which was due to be held at Zandvoort on Sunday 3 May.<br>With Zandvoort absent from the F1 2019 video game, fans were invited to vote for which track would be used on social media, with Interlagos, the annual host of the Brazilian Grand Prix, gaining more than half of the 40,000 votes.<br>F1 confirmed ...

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The first nine races of the season have already been cancelled or postponed, with the French and Belgian Grands Prix also in doubt amid restrictions imposed by the countries.<br>Sainz admits a year without racing would be very hard to digest and would have a very negative impact overall.<br>But the McLaren driver acknowledges the decision to abandon the season would be "fully understandable" if ...

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With the first eight races of the new Formula 1 season having been postponed or cancelled, teams are facing increased financial pressures because of the lack of track action.<br>While F1 responses like an early factory shutdown for all teams, plus a delay to the new 2021 rules, have helped, that is still not enough to see teams comfortably through.<br>With businesses now buckling down to do what ...

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The second series of Drive to Survive came out at the end of February, following a number of drivers and teams with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access through the 2019 season.<br>Sainz's campaign gained particular attention from the Netflix cameras, with one of the early season episodes following the McLaren driver over the Azerbaijan and Spain race weekends.<br>The episode entitled 'Dogfight' ...

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The Spaniard's McLaren team was at the centre of a coronavirus scare in Melbourne last weekend when a team member was found to have contracted it. That prompted the outfit to withdraw from the race.<br>While 14 other members of the team were put into self isolation in Melbourne, Sainz has joined other personnel in returning home before locking themselves away.<br>Speaking on Tuesday, Sainz said ...

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Racing Point’s new RP20 is a radical departure from the team’s previous car, and in terms of overall concept and aerodynamic detail has much in common with the 2019 championship-winning Mercedes W10 - a development other teams have described as “concerning”. <br>While differing fuel loads and tyre compounds make it impossible to fully decode the pecking order after the two Barcelona ...

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Racing Point broke cover with its new RP20 car on the opening day of pre-season testing in Barcelona on Wednesday, sporting a very similar design to last year's championship-winning Mercedes W10 car.<br>Racing Point technical chief Andrew Green said it was a "big risk" for the team to follow Mercedes's design lead, but it has raised eyebrows with some of its midfield rivals who do not have ties to ...

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Sainz joined McLaren for the 2019 season on a two-year deal alongside rookie Lando Norris, and led its charge to fourth place in the constructors’ championship, scoring its first podium for over five years at the Brazilian Grand Prix.<br>The Spaniard enters the final year of his existing contract in 2020, and said that while early conversations about the future have taken place, he saw no need ...

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Backed by Red Bull through the entirety of his junior career, Sainz spent just under three full seasons racing for its secondary outfit Toro Rosso in F1, before being loaned to Renault.<br>The French manufacturer opted against retaining the on-loan Sainz for 2019, and Red Bull preferred to promote Pierre Gasly instead of Sainz for the Daniel Ricciardo-vacated seat, which led to Sainz being ...

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More than ever before, current Formula 1 drivers use simulators to improve their craft away from the race track.<br>In this video, Jack Benyon visits Carlos Sainz’s house as the McLaren F1 driver receives a brand new Cool Performance simulator to use in his spare time.<br>We take a look at the installation process and ask Sainz why he has taken the step to copy teammate Lando Norris’s decision ...

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