Competing With Hero Fernando Alonso for the Limelight, Carlos Sainz Sends a Warning to Max Verstappen Gearing Up for His Home Race in Spain

F1 is currently on a 1-week hiatus before action resumes in Imola. After that, the circus will move on to the legendary Monaco street circuit. Then we will see the action unfold in Spain, the race Carlos Sainz is most excited about. The boy from Madrid has already raced 9 times on the Barcelona circuit since his arrival in F1 and is now more confident than ever. However, it’s his fellow Spaniard, Fernando Alonso, who is on a meteoric rise. That did not deter Sainz Jr from firing a warning at the likes of Max Verstappen and other rivals.

Before his arrival at Aston Martin and landing 4 podium finishes in 5 races, Alonso had become just another driver on the grid. However, his exploits with his current team have revived his popularity worldwide. More so back home in Spain, where experts believed Sainz had lately become their favorite son in motorsport.

Carlos Sainz ready to take the fight to the rivals at the Spanish GP

Out of the 9 Spanish GPs Sainz has raced in, 3 of those have come with Ferrari. The team, however, is struggling and to make matters worse, Alonso and Aston Martin have emerged as a new challenge for them. However, the Ferrari star brushed aside the blues when he spoke recently during his appearance at a presentation at the Barcelona Circuit.

Soymotor quoted him as saying, “The home Grand Prix is ​​always on my mind and although I come from Miami and Imola and Monaco come first, Barcelona is always on my mind. The Spanish Grand Prix is ​​so special that it is the one you think about the most.” [Translated using Google]

“It’s been nine years now. It seems incredible that so much time has passed, but they have been good years, there has been progress, I have improved in every way and my third Spanish Grand Prix with Ferrari is something very special. I have tried to improve in everything that I have been able to, I have tried to become a better driver, a better person and a better athlete so to speak and I think that I am more prepared than ever, with more desire than ever to compete at home.”

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Carlos also talked about the popularity of F1, which is booming worldwide. He told how lucky he was to be driving in the era when the sport is more popular than ever.

Sainz expresses his anger for not being competitive enough with a Ferrari

The Spaniard believes this year’s home race will be the biggest of the modern era. He acknowledged his privilege of being an F1 driver in this era and also being a part of a legendary team like Ferrari. However, he also rued the fact that his team wasn’t as competitive as Red Bull.

“It’s something I’ve dreamed of since I went to my first Formula 1 race at the Circuit when I was 10 years old. Now I enjoy it, but also with a little bit of anger that being in Formula 1 is such a sweet moment because there is such a dominating team and that we are not all capable of adding a little more sauce to the races, which I think would make them even more fun and more people would still see and enjoy them,” he told.

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Ferrari will have to bring in some significant upgrades to compete with Red Bull and fulfill Carlos’ dream of fighting for the top spot in front of his home crowd. Otherwise, the race could turn out to be another disaster as the one in Miami did recently.