After Carlos Alcaraz?s Wimbledon Triumph, Recollection of Rafael Nadal?s Exploits Leave Compatriot & F1 Star Proud

The sporting circles have been blessed with a bounty of great spectacles this month. The prolific British Grand Prix was just the cherry on the cake. While the month of July was decorated by the iconic Wimbledon tournament. In the end, Spain’s prodigy Carlos Alcaraz snatched victory from the legendary Novak Djokovic. But have these developments in the world of Tennis sent ripples all the way over to F1?

Ferrari’s knight in shining armor, Carlos Sainz has put in some really solid performances this year. But he has not been close enough to eye the F1 championship. With his countryman now excelling beyond belief, does this add extra pressure on the Spaniard to reach the zenith of F1?

After Carlos Alcaraz, Carlos Sainz revels in Spanish success

You’d expect the heat to turn up for Sainz. However, the matador is not fazed. Instead, he took this opportunity to revel in the glory of his nation. When asked if he felt the pressure ramp up after Alcaraz’s win, he simply shrugged it off to sing the praises of Spain.

In the Thursday press conference, he was quoted as saying, “Winning Wimbledon? For sure not! No, just proud, I guess proud for my country. We seem to have this relatively small population for a country like Spain, but we still seem to produce some good athletes out there, since Rafa[el Nadal], Fernando [Alonso], the basketball team is always good, the football team is always good.”

“We seem to be doing well in sports and now with golf, tennis also, again with Alcaraz. It’s a good time to be Spanish and to follow sports because you have a lot of fun on the TV watching every Sunday, someone wins or someone is doing well or there is someone to support and be excited about and yeah, just proud of my country and the athletes we produce.”

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While he is surely happy for his countrymen, where does Sainz see himself in the future?

Sainz divulges 2025 plans

Sainz’s contract at Ferrari is due to run out at the end of the 2024 season. That means that the Scuderia and the Spaniard must act quick to avoid any late, late drama next season. However, Sainz is pretty chilled about his contractual approach.

The Mirror UK quoted him as saying, “I am not going to lie, during the three-week break in August I will start thinking a bit about what I would be happy with, and then the winter break ? which is what I said in an interview a while ago ? will be the time to start figuring out where I will be racing in 2025.”

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