Carlos Sainz says he has realized to be “extra on the egocentric facet” in relation to making a call over his future, and that he’s nonetheless not ready to pick out his subsequent transfer.
Ferrari’s resolution to switch Sainz with Lewis Hamilton in 2025 has left the Spaniard as the highest driver accessible available on the market, however with solely Mercedes at the moment with a sure emptiness of race-winning groups. The Mercedes seat was initially one Sainz wasn’t strongly within the working for however that scenario seems to have modified in current weeks, additional extending the wait as he additionally weighs up curiosity from Alpine, Williams and Stake.
“Yeah, I’m acutely aware of [other drivers waiting], however on the similar time I don’t suppose it’s going to vary as a result of it’s solely the timing that I’m altering,” Sainz mentioned. “I’m in all probability not altering the result of anybody as in all probability all groups by now have their priorities and their decision-making relying on every situation.
“On the similar time, this sport and this world has taught me to be a bit extra on the egocentric facet and look out for myself, and take the choice that I have to take each time I have to take it and each time I’ve all the choices on the desk and I’m able to take the choice, and never rush issues if I don’t have to.
“The groups have been very affected person and I thank them for that. However I’ve additionally needed to be affected person — it’s not like I’m the one one right here deciding. On the similar time I thank everybody that’s having to hold in there whereas I take the choice.
“What I don’t totally perceive is why the market is occurring so early this yr? Why everyone seems to be a lot in a rush, once I bear in mind it was once in the summertime break, September, July, when all of these conditions began to occur.”
Sainz admits he didn’t make a decision within the current hole between races and is now turning his focus again to the on-track scenario he at the moment faces, one he hopes will enhance at this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix as Ferrari appears to beat a stoop in type linked to its current flooring improve.
“I see Silverstone as an funding,” he mentioned. “We invested in all probability not optimizing the Silverstone weekend, since you spend FP1 and FP2 evaluating flooring and never having your teammate as a reference to optimize the automobile and the automobile efficiency, to probably making yourselves quicker in 5 – 6 races’ time after we can study what we are able to apply from Silverstone into the wind tunnel and apply it for the long run.
“Already for Hungary we’ve a small improve that hopefully makes issues higher, however Silverstone was an funding and hopefully enhancing the automobile a bit extra within the medium and long run.”
