Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali believes Carlos Sainz will have “excellent results”, but just needs to keep his cool after a couple of tough weekends.
The Ferrari driver was tagged by Daniel Ricciardo on the first lap at Imola last time out, leaving him beached in the gravel and pointless for a second race in a row.
Sainz appreciated an apology from the Australian after the race, after admitting he’d made a mistake, but the Spaniard has now been left even further behind team-mate Charles Leclerc in the Drivers’ Championship standings after also retiring at the previous round in Melbourne, giving him an ever-increasing task to mount a title challenge of his own this season.
Sainz was frustrated but level-headed while doing the media rounds after his latest early exit, and Domenicali thinks that needs to continue if he’s to get his season back on track.
“These are episodes to be managed psychologically, he just has to stay calm and he will surely achieve excellent results,” Domenicali told TV channel Rai 2, quoted by Sky Italia.
Anthony Davidson: "It’s a mistake that shouldn’t be happening at this kind of level and it’s a mistake that Carlos Sainz wasn’t expecting from someone usually as polished and as experienced as Daniel Ricciardo."https://t.co/uaifCLUQeI #F1 pic.twitter.com/3cFsYKOlDq
— PlanetF1 (@Planet_F1) April 26, 2022
“Carlos Sainz is a very talented driver, unfortunately Ricciardo touched him on a slippery track. But these are episodes that, if you don’t handle them well, you get into psychological difficulties that you don’t have to face.
“He has renewed his contract with his team for another two years, so the guarantees are there, he just has to stay calm and he will surely do well.”
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