The Las Vegas Grand Prix noticed—but once more this season—Carlos Sainz racing with out contemplating Ferrari’s finest pursuits.
Charles Leclerc can now not tolerate his dismissive habits, particularly when the main target must be on the Constructors’ Championship.
Carlos Sainz like Didier Pironi: defying orders
The Spanish driver made headlines on Saturday in Nevada by securing a podium end. Nonetheless, post-race controversies had been removed from absent; in reality, they had been greater than justified given his unacceptable angle.
In the course of the race, the 29-year-old disobeyed crew orders on two events: first, delaying a place swap with a quicker Charles Leclerc by demanding that the crew name him into the pits as a substitute of letting him go; then overtaking Charles Leclerc as he exited the pit lane after his last cease, securing a transfer that in the end earned him the rostrum.
To be clear, Ferrari’s crew end result wouldn’t have modified; a 3rd and fourth place was the utmost achievable. Nonetheless, that’s not the purpose. The difficulty is that Carlos Sainz constantly ignores pre-agreed crew methods, as famous by his teammate.
“Not following crew orders is comprehensible; in spite of everything, he’s already been let go by Ferrari,” one would possibly argue. But his outright disregard for the crew is way from respectable.
Disagree with what you’re being requested? Supply a quick rationalization and ensure you’re continuing otherwise—it will definitely earn you extra respect.
Given how a lot delight Carlos claims to have, why undermine Ferrari’s Constructors’ Championship struggle? At that stage of the race, the precedence was to maximise the end result for each drivers to realize as many factors as doable towards McLaren.
To reiterate, in hindsight, Ferrari achieved the absolute best end result (making the ending order between the 2 irrelevant for the crew). Nonetheless, through the race, nobody might have identified that.
What’s undeniably vital, although, is Carlos Sainz’s dismissive angle, displaying no dedication to a title that—in relation to “private delight”—ought to matter to him.
What higher solution to depart Maranello than by serving to the crew win a championship after 16 years? What higher legacy than to be fondly remembered by the followers? For Carlos Sainz, nonetheless, it appears extra vital to reinforce his private report with a podium than contribute to a Constructors’ title.
Charles Leclerc has had sufficient
On the opposite facet of the storage, Charles Leclerc is fed up, having at all times prioritized the crew’s pursuits. At Silverstone in 2022, regardless of being in rivalry for the Drivers’ Championship (a marketing campaign that ended poorly), he swallowed the inexplicable choice to favor Carlos Sainz’s late-race victory, even after dominating the race with a broken entrance wing. At Singapore in 2023, he intentionally gave Carlos Sainz a security hole to assist him safe Ferrari’s solely win of the season, stating after the race: “What issues is that Ferrari received.”
Now, nonetheless, he finds himself listening to that Sainz was informed to not assault him, solely to see him overtake with ease and with out hesitation.
With solely two Grands Prix left in Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari profession, one factor is evident from his 4 years at Maranello: he has at all times raced for his personal pursuits, displaying little respect for a crew working in direction of a shared aim relatively than a slender, unrealistic ambition of being the higher driver.
Sadly for the followers, not everyone seems to be like Villeneuve or Leclerc; some are like Sainz and Pironi. And the primary to acknowledge this might probably be Enzo Ferrari himself, who turned his ardour into a powerful actuality and at all times emphasised: “Ferrari first, at all times earlier than the drivers.”
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