As the 2022 F1 season came to an end, the FIFA World Cup 2022 started in Qatar. The world flocked to the Middle East to witness one of the greatest sporting shows on Earth. Carlos Sainz, the Ferrari driver, is one of the fans who isn’t missing out on the action as he revealed his Real Madrid connection and the fear for his national team.

Talking about this, Sainz revealed, “Two great players that have done a lot for Real Madrid in the last couple of years. I text Vini now and then. We’re on Instagram, and he’s become a fan of Formula 1 and I’m a big fan of Real Madrid.”

The Spanish driver had to juggle split allegiances with Real Madrid stars Rodrygo and Vinicius Jr as he said, “I think they’re going to be strong in the national team for Brazil, though maybe I don’t want them to be so strong because it will make life very difficult for Spain.”

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Sainz’s nation has also reached Qatar to participate in the world cup. And he hopes the Spanish soccer stars do well.

Carlos Sainz exposed Charles Leclerc during Spain’s inaugural game

Carlos Sainz is an avid soccer fan. For the national side, he, of course, supports his national team and when it comes to club football, he supports Real Madrid. The Ferrari star is often spotted asking about Real Madrid’s game whenever the Los Blancos play.

As Sainz and Leclerc are off duty now, they can enjoy the world cup to the fullest. While Leclerc’s country isn’t competing in the world cup, his teammate’s nation is. So, the duo sat to watch Spain take on Costa Rica in their first FIFA World Cup match.

However, the match seemed too long for Leclerc as he began napping in between the game. Sainz used this opportunity and took the video of his teammate to share in front of his six million Instagram followers!

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Spain won that match as they defeated Costa Rica by 7-0. However, in a recent match, that was eventually a draw, the Spanish national side went against Germany. Now. Spain takes on Japan in their last group match of this World Cup.