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F1 Beyond The Grid

Carlos Sainz: ready to win with Ferrari

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

Leisure, Sports News, News, Sports, Automotive

4.75.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Will 2022 be a life-changing year for Carlos Sainz? He sits in a Ferrari which looked fast and reliable in pre-season testing. He’s proved he has what it takes to win in Formula 1. Can he make that final step to top of the podium? As Carlos tells Tom Clarkson, he still looks back with frustration on races he feels he could have won. You’ll hear how his seasons at McLaren shaped Carlos into the driver he is today, and how he offered reassurance to Daniel Ricciardo during the Australian’s tough times at the team. Plus his rivalries and friendships with Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris, how contract security changed his approach to racing, the physical and mental gains he’s made during early morning gym sessions and why F1’s Smooth Operator is not actually smooth at all…­

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0:00.0

At Honda, we've never looked to other car companies for inspiration.

0:04.4

No, it's not a matter of an inflated ego. We just prefer listening to what people really need.

0:10.4

For example, the Honda Jazz Hybrid doesn't have the expected six airbags.

0:15.2

It has ten, including one that prevents the drive and passenger from colliding with each other.

0:20.8

And because we also listen to our conscience, all our safety features come a standard. No charge.

0:26.0

Honda, the power of dreams.

0:32.8

Welcome to F1 Beyond the Grid, where Formula 1's fastest stars slow down and open up.

0:40.4

You've seen them race? You've seen them on screen, but this is where you truly get to know them.

0:46.3

You'll hear untold stories, personal memories, and unrivaled insights from the drivers,

0:52.3

team bosses and brilliant brains that make Formula 1 so amazing and fascinating.

0:59.0

I'm Tom Clarkson, it's season five, and our first guest of 2022 is Ferraris Carlos Sines.

1:07.2

My dream in Formula 1 is to win first race. Obviously, they're not championship,

1:11.3

but they're not championship. They're doing a race. I will keep chasing that. I'm not saying it will happen,

1:16.3

but it's what I wake up every morning or what I go to sleep with in my head every day.

1:21.0

Is this the year that Carlos Sines's dreams come true? He could be on the brink of something very

1:28.6

special. In 2021, his first season with Ferrari, he outscored his teammate, Shala Clare,

1:35.2

and finished a career best fifth in the drivers championship. He's proved he's among the very best

1:41.1

on the grid, and as he says himself, he's ready for more. 2022 is the start of a new era in Formula 1,

1:48.8

and could it be a new dawn for its most famous team? If Ferrari can rejoin the fight at the front,

1:55.0

can Carlos end their long wait for a race win and a world title? We sat down to record this chat

2:01.6

during the preseason test in Bahrain. We were adjacent to the Ferrari garage where the mechanics

2:07.3

were getting the car ready for another test run. You'll hear the story of Carlos's unusual

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