Carlos Sainz said that Ferrari’s loss to Mercedes in 2023 F1 was justified considering reliability, but he wants the team to progress and have pace regardless of reliability. He said he was. p>
Although they lost by just three points, Sainz said it was a reasonable result even if Ferrari lost second place to Mercedes in the 2023 F1 Constructors’ Championship. He knows they were slightly faster, but reliability affected the result.
This allowed Mercedes to run a little more consistently while Ferrari slumped from a good position. “I think that’s fair,” Sainz said. “I think there were moments where we were faster. I think Mercedes had moments where they were faster. Overall, maybe a little bit of reliability here and there – overall we were faster. I think it was a car – but they were still a little more stable than us.
“I think it was a season in which the team made great progress. I think we learned a lot from this car and the tires. “We finished the season much stronger than we started the season, so We can rely on it next year and hopefully a more competitive package,” summed up Sainz when asked if he prefers speed despite reliability issues like Mercedes. It was a little slow.
“Yes, 100%,” Sainz continued. “At the same time, I prefer a team that is showing progress in terms of progress, pace and learning the tires, with a car that won’t be competing for a championship anyway, rather than reliability for one or two races.” I want to cover the whole package. I am thinking. We also need to improve the tightness by the end of the season.
“The problems in Qatar, the problems in Las Vegas, the problems we had with the chassis changes, and also (in Abu Dhabi) definitely won’t help our reliability and points.” But at the same time, the season I’m proud of how the team has grown through this,” Sainz summed up.
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