“I don’t know what to say. It’s unbelievable. My first F1 win was at Silverstone at Ferrari after 150 races… You can’t ask for more. Today is a special day for me that will never be forgotten and a very special weekend in general. Thank you to everyone who supported us and cheered us on. Lewis was there and I managed to keep him at bay and I’m very happy. This is what he said on his July 3, 2022, a little over a year ago. Carlos Sainz It’s entirely because of that. At last, he achieved one of his life’s great goals: his victory in his F1 race.

It was the 2022 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, a day that marked the life of a man from Madrid, and a day that will go down in F1 history for two reasons. For starters, nine years after Fernando Alonso’s last win, which saw the Spaniard take his 33rd F1 victory, we got to see the Spaniard back on top of the F1 podium.. And, of course, this phrase will forever remain in the memory of fans of the “great circus” and was crucial for Sainz to achieve his victory, that is, to win a famous victory. “Stop inventing”.

Sainz has won the F1 Grand Prix. ‘Czech’ Perez and Lewis Hamilton The day I had one of my favourites, Max Verstappen had trouble with his car.

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Pole and Win in England

The race was won by Carlos Sainz arrived a day after the Madrid native scored his first career pole position. For Carlos, the weekend continued his improvement with two more pole positions, and in 2022, despite his start to the season, he was more confident and finished on the podium three more times by the end of the course. It’s been a long weekend. He hasn’t had more wins to date, but there’s no need to stay on that stat and move on. He had no chance of winning as Red Bull had just taken a big step to dominate him to this day.

A career full of lessons and examples to follow

What happened at Silverstone in 2022 was a role model for many. A career full of lessons. The first is that you should never give up, you must fight to the end. An example of this was how far Carlos Sainz pushed when it seemed like he had lost everything for the sole goal of not getting discouraged if anything happened. And it happened.

“I had some balance issues, especially in the first stint on the medium tyres. Max pushed me in the fast corners,” said Carlos. Verstappen later bid farewell to the victory as the car fell behind for a mistake he made at the start, taking a long time under pressure from Verstappen. So he persisted in believing it was still possible, no matter how difficult it seemed. “I did my best to stay in the race”, He said of the moment he saw Leclerc run away: “Then the safety car came out and gave us a second chance and we did it. The tension after the ‘safety car’ at the start and when we did it and won. You can imagine,” he concluded that day before a question-and-answer session. He stepped onto the track from Button as F1’s newest winner.

The second lesson left by this race is that with talent, hard work, and perseverance, all things will work out. Carlos struggled but didn’t sink, fighting hard to adapt to an uncomfortable car in the difficult early part of the season while his teammates battled for pole position and victory every weekend.

Far from sinking, Carlos did not react in any way to the fact that some parts of the Italian press saw Leclerc as their leader and accused Carlos of usurping him, keeping his cool and working only for the sake of speaking on the track. , work, chose to keep working. A victory for Charles, who refused to follow the strategy given by Ferrari on the walls of Monaco. Monaco 2022 was a great demonstration of character and race, once again revealing Sainz to be more successful than Charles in reading the race from the car and choosing better strategic solutions while driving. . This is another key point for F1 drivers, not everything is going fast.

At that time in Monaco Carlos missed the win due to a bend. He missed the most important thing yet, so even in Italy they will consider him. As for Silverstone, those who accused him of lack of character and murderous intent had to change their tone, although some unfortunately returned to singing at this point. On that day, the Sportish newspaper of 3 July 2022 reported: “Sainz was in the area, ready for the finish after the appearance of the ‘safety car’ and carried it out to the team” (printed in July). Four days). ).

stop inventing

Three-quarters of the way through, it seemed all was lost for Sainz. After having to pass Charles Leclerc, it seemed almost impossible to win because his teammate had the faster pace. But then something happened that Sainz desperately wanted as he struggled to stay in the race. A problem with Esteban Ocon’s car caused the ‘safety car’ to be brought out on lap 39.

Ferrari has unveiled a controversial strategy. They stopped Sainz to protect Hamilton and decided to go into the final turn of the race with new rubber. Leclerc, who was running in the lead, did not make a pit stop to avoid losing the lead. Charles had a stiff rubber that he used for 15 turns. Sainz, Hamilton and new rubber attack. Carlos was then asked over the radio to keep Charles “a distance of 10 cars” in order to give Monaco an edge over the blazing Hamilton. That’s when Carlos stopped the team and delivered the biggest punch to the table, yelling “Stop inventing! (Stop inventing)” over the radio. Carlos knew that if he listened, Hamilton would pass him and target Leclerc.

Carlos got everyone’s attention. “He will be much faster than Charles,” he said, commenting that Hamilton was a danger to Ferrari’s victory. Sainz has made it clear that he must attack his teammates no matter how far his team tells him to stay away. and he did it. Sainz clung to Leclerc and passed him, and the Spaniard never relinquished the lead as Charles, Hamilton and Perez battled it out. Achieved his first F1 victory. Now, a year later, he is pursuing his second. It’s not easy. The most important thing is that things have changed. Ferrari no longer has a dominant car and Red Bull is much stronger than it was then.