Sainz says he will be even stronger in the second half of 2021 when he admits he has not yet maximized the weekend for Ferrari

Carlos Sainz says he is very proud of the results he achieved with Ferrari in his first half-year, but insists that more is promised in the second half of 2021 as he seeks consistency to match the pace.

Sainz left McLaren as a partner for Charles Leclerc for Ferrari for the 2021 season, and after 11 rounds he was hired 83 points Leclerc’s 80s with a personal record with two podium this season. When the Spaniard was asked to rate the first half of this season, he was excited about his pace, but said he was still coming.

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I feel like it was very difficult to put the whole weekend together during the first races, Sainz said. There was a lot of speed, but very rarely was I able to put in the whole qualifying, competition strategy, tire management, starts and make a very good result thanks to it.

But I feel like it’s gotten a lot better lately and as soon as I’m going to put the weekends together, I’m going to be a lot more consistent and not just fast, he added.

The former Toro Rosso and McLaren driver also added that he was confident about Ferrari’s intimidation and found momentum in the SF21 for the first time at the wheel.

I’m quite happy, quite positive about this first half; Apparently it was a pretty big challenge when I started in a new team and a big team like Ferrari, he said.

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I went in with confidence, but you don’t know how it’s really going to be, so I have to say I’m pretty proud, pretty happy. Speed ​​has been around since the race, which immediately made me a little more relaxed about it, I knew I was very fast right away with this car and I could only improve with other things, you know, that only gets the whole weekend together, Sainz added.

P3 ranked 15th in the grid Hungary and P2 from the fourth of the grid Monaco, Sainz is sixth in the championship and three points ahead of awesome teammate Leclerc towards the second half of the season.