Carlos Sainz says he used his last laps in a Ferrari through the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to arrange himself to have the ability to examine automobiles as soon as he jumped into the Williams for testing.
Ferrari has allowed Sainz to participate within the post-race Pirelli tire check on Tuesday for Williams, and that was preceded by a filming day on Monday the place he may full restricted mileage on demonstration tires. Sainz insists the transition into his subsequent chapter isn’t one thing he envisages being significantly tough as a result of he was already occupied with how he may take learnings to Williams.
“Being very trustworthy with you, I don’t suppose (it’ll be laborious),” Sainz stated after Sunday’s race. “I’m not going to lie, my final laps, as a lot as I used to be pushing like hell for (Ferrari) and making an attempt, I used to be already beginning to really feel issues within the automotive and making an attempt to say, bear in mind how this feels. as a result of (on Monday) and Tuesday I would like to recollect why is that this automotive fast on this nook and why does it really feel good?
“As a result of I do know in all probability what I’m going to seek out (on Monday) and Tuesday wants some margin of enchancment within the corners that I used to be feeling the automotive. So this simply sums up that I’m already wanting additionally forward. I’m extraordinarily motivated for the problem that I’ve forward of me.
“(Sunday) is a day to try to take pleasure in as a lot as attainable with the staff as my final day in pink. We nonetheless have some days in Maranello arising, however clearly my aggressive thoughts is already wanting ahead to Monday and Tuesday and to see how I could make that Williams automotive sooner.”
Sainz adopted his filming day with the very best complete of any single driver throughout Tuesday’s Pirelli check, finishing 146 laps and setting the second quickest time behind former teammate Charles Leclerc, after spending the vast majority of the day on the high of the standings.
