Motorsport Week
  • Formula 1
    • 2025 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2025 Formula 1 Standings
  • Formula E
    • 2025 Formula E Calendar
    • 2025 Formula E Standings
  • IndyCar
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2025 WRC Standings
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
  • MotoGP
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
  • WEC
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • IMSA
    • 2025 IMSA Calendar
  • World SBK
  • More
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
  • Formula 1
    • 2025 Formula 1 Calendar
    • 2025 Formula 1 Standings
  • Formula E
    • 2025 Formula E Calendar
    • 2025 Formula E Standings
  • IndyCar
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WRC
    • 2025 WRC Standings
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
  • MotoGP
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
  • WEC
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • IMSA
    • 2025 IMSA Calendar
  • World SBK
  • More
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
    • Technical Insight
    • Galleries
    • About/Contact
    • Privacy Policy
No Result
View All Result
Motorsport Week
Home Single Seater Formula 1

Sainz ‘surprised’ Ferrari is still in 2024 F1 Constructors’ title race

by Dan Lawrence
10 months ago
A A
1
Sainz ‘surprised’ Ferrari is still in 2024 F1 Constructors’ title race

Sainz praised Ferrari for staying in the Constructors' title fight

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Carlos Sainz has admitted he’s “surprised” Ferrari remains in the Formula 1 Constructors’ title race after a difficult middle period in the 2024 campaign.

After wins at Australia and Monaco for Sainz and Charles Leclerc respectively, many wondered whether Ferrari could mount a consistent challenge to Red Bull.

Cue a torrid run of below-par results as Ferrari struggled to add performance to its car through a series of unsuccessful upgrades.

With all the talk focussing on McLaren’s assault upon Red Bull’s Constructors’ lead, which has come down to eight points amid the Milton Keynes-based squad’s struggles, Ferrari got itself back on track with a popular Leclerc win at Monza.

RelatedPosts

Fernando Alonso feels the Silverstone upgrades had less impact than the Imola package on the AMR25

Why Aston Martin’s F1 upgrades came up short at British GP

45 minutes ago
Tim Mayer (USA) FIA Forward announces his running for FIA Presidency at a Media Briefing at Whittlebury Hall. 04.07.2025. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, Practice Day

FIA presidential candidate challenged over ‘deeply unfair’ and ‘inaccurate’ remarks

2 hours ago

As it stands, Ferrari is just 39 points back from championship leaders Red Bull and Sainz credited the Scuderia persevering through its troubles to stay in the hunt.

“I am surprised, because I don’t know how many races there’s been between Monaco and Monza, but it’s one third of the season maybe,” the Spaniard said on Thursday ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix (via Motorsport.com).

“We had a strong first third, bad second third, and now we are entering the last third of the season. We’ve had a poor middle part of the season and we are still in the fight.”

Indeed, between Leclerc’s Monaco and Monza wins, Ferrari scored just three third-place finishes, but Sainz attributed those damage-limitation results to his team working hard on executing Grands Prix well.

Sainz and Leclerc enjoyed getting back to winning ways at Monza

“It shows how far this team has come in terms of executing well, managing to score points even when the car is not performing like it did at the beginning of the season or like it did in Monza,” Sainz said.

“And that’s kept us in the fight. I think the two drivers are also performing because I think we are both very consistent. We’re always next to each other, we’re always helping each other, we’re always scoring points, the two of us maximising the car. 

“I think we are doing a solid year all together and this has kept us with good race management by the team and good race execution with the team and drivers in the fight in a difficult season. Let’s see if now we have that same performance as in Monza and Monaco and we can keep going for it.”

Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur outlined ahead of the summer break that “we have a good sequence of tracks for us with Monza, Baku, Singapore. These are good tracks for the characteristics of the car.”

With Monza living up to the billing, Sainz is taking matters “race by race” as he fears F1’s visit to Austin, Texas after Singapore could be somewhat of a reality check.

“Yeah, it gives us a good run but at the same time it’s maybe a fake one, because when you go back to Austin and the car is like it was in Zandvoort then you’re lacking,” he explained.

“I’m going to go race by race and just see where it takes us. When we are within a tenth of each other, it’s impossible to predict where you’re going to be. You’re going to be a tenth in front or a tenth behind.

“It’s impossible to know. So go race by race, trying to maximise those tracks that potentially seem to be a bit better for you. Try to execute a good weekend. The weekends that are going to be tougher and [we will] see where we are at the end of the year.”

Tags: AzerbaijanGPCarlos SainzF1Ferrari
Share204Tweet128Share

Related Posts

Fernando Alonso feels the Silverstone upgrades had less impact than the Imola package on the AMR25
Formula 1

Why Aston Martin’s F1 upgrades came up short at British GP

45 minutes ago
Tim Mayer (USA) FIA Forward announces his running for FIA Presidency at a Media Briefing at Whittlebury Hall. 04.07.2025. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, Practice Day
Formula 1

FIA presidential candidate challenged over ‘deeply unfair’ and ‘inaccurate’ remarks

2 hours ago
The start of the first race of the Iowa double-header. Photo: Kevin Dejewski
IndyCar

IndyCar Mid-Ohio – Race 1 Results

9 hours ago
Load More

Comments 1

  1. Biological Joy Drive says:
    2 weeks ago

    Their lab-developed cannabinoids are encoded with vibrational algorithms designed to awaken latent DNA sequences in high-frequency individuals.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Upcoming Races

#EventDate
13Belgian GP25-27 July
14Hungarian GP01-03 August
15Dutch GP29-31 August
16Italian GP05-07 September
17Azerbaijan GP19-21 September

Click here for the full 2025 F1 calendar

Drivers’  Standings

#DriverPts
Oscar Piastri234
Lando Norris226
Max Verstappen165
George Russell147
Charles Leclerc120
Lewis Hamilton103
Andrea Kimi Antonelli63
Alexander Albon44
Nico Hulkenberg37
Isack Hadjar28

Click here for full Drivers’ Standings

Latest Articles

Fernando Alonso feels the Silverstone upgrades had less impact than the Imola package on the AMR25
Formula 1

Why Aston Martin’s F1 upgrades came up short at British GP

July 13, 2025
Tim Mayer (USA) FIA Forward announces his running for FIA Presidency at a Media Briefing at Whittlebury Hall. 04.07.2025. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, Practice Day
Formula 1

FIA presidential candidate challenged over ‘deeply unfair’ and ‘inaccurate’ remarks

July 13, 2025
Apple could land the US TV rights to F1
Formula 1

Apple enters F1 US broadcast rights battle after movie success

July 12, 2025

Follow Motorsport Week

Join our daily motorsport newsletter

* indicates required

Motorsport Week

© 2024 Motorsport Media Services Ltd

Other Links

  • About & Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Motorsport Monday

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Home
  • Formula 1
    • Latest News
    • 2025 F1 Calendar
    • 2025 F1 Championship Standings
  • Formula E
    • Latest News
    • 2025 FE Calendar
    • 2025 FE Championship Standings
  • MotoGP
    • Latest News
    • 2025 MotoGP Calendar
    • 2025 MotoGP Standings
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
  • WRC
    • Latest News
    • 2025 WRC Calendar
    • 2025 WRC Standings
  • IndyCar
    • Latest News
    • 2025 IndyCar Calendar
    • 2025 IndyCar Standings
  • WEC
    • Latest News
    • 2025 WEC Calendar
  • Live Updates
  • Other
    • IMSA
    • Formula 2
    • Formula 3
    • F1 Academy
    • Moto2
    • Moto3
    • World Superbikes
  • Galleries
  • About/Contact
  • Privacy Policy

© 2024 Motorsport Media Services Ltd