After winning the Australian Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz is optimistic that he can try to finish on the podium and win more races in his remaining season with Ferrari the Spaniard even made a joke about being \u201cstill jobless\u201d for 2025. Sainz\u2019s 2024 has been quite the start. Before the season even began, he found out that Lewis Hamilton\u2019s multi-year contract signing would mean he would no longer be a member of the Scuderia.<\/p>\n
After finishing on the podium in the season\u2019s opening race in Bahrain, the 29-year-old was forced to miss the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix due to an appendix diagnosis that needed surgery. After two weeks, Sainz emerged victorious in Australia. The Spaniard said that considering the ups and downs he had already experienced in 2024, the victory felt very sweet.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou cannot imagine how proud I am [of that race]. Especially because you know how tough of a start of a year it\u2019s been [for] me, with the non-renewal at the beginning, [then] putting together a very good pre-season testing and pre-season programme from my training, arriving to the first race [and getting a] podium,\u201d Sainz said as quoted by Formula 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow you say, \u2018okay, I\u2019m ready to fight this year\u2019, [but then there was the] appendix, another low, and then suddenly you come back with uncertainty \u2013 am I going to be back or not? Then you come back and win. Life is sometimes really nice, really beautiful,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Asked if the win could act as a good advert for his talents as he looks to secure a seat for 2025 Sainz joked, \u201cWell you know, I\u2019m still jobless for next year, so I guess this does good for me! \u201cBut, jokes aside, I know that when I\u2019m given a good car I can get it done. [I] proved it in Singapore, proved it here \u2013 when I\u2019m confident and it\u2019s a good car I\u2019m happy, and [I was] just very happy with the car today,\u201d the Spaniard said.<\/p>\n
Sainz is pleased with the team\u2019s progress after Ferrari had a more difficult season start in 2023. He wants to make the most of his time with the team before taking on a new challenge the following year. \u201cIt is a more structured team. We\u2019ve done so much progress with the performance of the car, but also with race execution, weekend execution \u2013 it\u2019s a much more solid team than where we were one, two years ago, so I\u2019m proud of that progress,\u201d the three-time race winner said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to maximise this more solid team that we\u2019ve created together during this year to try to put together some more podiums and wins, and see where I\u2019m going next,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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