Damon Hill hands Carlos Sainz huge backing above Charles Leclerc for Mercedes
“Charl💟es Leclerc, maybe, relies on his speed quite a lot," Naomi Schiff added
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz is a better fit for Mercedes’ 2025 vacancy than 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc, believes Damon Hill.
Sainz finished the season-opening F1 Bahrain Grand Prixܫ on the podium, behind the Red Bull duo, with Ferrari teammate and pole-sitter Leclerc in P4.
Sainz, who wa✅s also the only non-Red Bull driveಌr to win an F1 grand prix last season, will be out of a seat in 2025 when Lewis Hamilton replaces him at Ferrari.
Naomi Schiff said about Sainz on Sky Sports: “We saw today, again, that sometimes he asks his engineers questions and they don’t quite have the answers🌼.
“He almost alerts🎀 🐟them to the information that he would like.
“That’s a really good sign. He’s thinking ahead.
At some point, he came on the radio and said ‘you are not thinking ab🔯out what I’m thinking about’.
“He is planning, constantly thinking.
“He’s not just a good driver. H𝐆e’s a good racer and a thinking driver. He 🐓has his head wrapped around everything.”
Ex-F1 champion Hill added: “If you remember Carlos, famously at Silverstone, countered the strat𒀰egy that Ferrari suggested he did.
“He knows what he’s doing.
“He’d do very well i🧸n a team that is used to running at the 🐠front.
“When you come fro𓄧m Ferrari, you know how a big team works.
“You can deal with all that stuff.
“It’s a big feather in your cap. Apart from the f꧙act that he is a fei𓆉sty driver.”
Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur famoౠusly does not have a No1 and No🌄2 driver policy, instead choosing to treat them equally.
But Ferrari opted to extend Leclerc’s contract, then sign Ha🍨milton, allowing Sainz to walk free.
Hill compared Ferrari’s duo: “It seems like Charles has awful bad lu💧𝕴ck and problems in races.
“It could be a case of: does he manage it as well as Carlos? Or is Carlos a thinking driver who maybe doesn’t have the ultimate pace, but in a race it’s not about ultimate pace🌳, it’s about management.”
Schiff added: “There have been moments where things have happened on Charles’ side of th🐠e garage that weren’t necessarily happening on Carlos’ side, on race day.
“Thaౠt’s because it seemed like Carlos was ahead on a🌟 few things.
“Char𒉰les, maybe, relies on his speed quite a lot.”
Hill replied: “You’d nev🐠er say that Charles has got 🔴the upper hand over Carlos.
“Carlos iꦺs able to beat him on many occasions, and has d♛one over a season.
“I think that is a point to be made.
“Have we s🐷een the best of Charles? Has he matured to the point where you can look at him and say he could take a title fight right the way through, without dropping the ball?”
The question was posed: would Merce✤des’ Toto Wolff prefer to welcome Leclerc or Sainz in 2025 as a replacement for Hamilton?
Hill answered: “If I was Toto, I🐽 think that I🐻’d pick Carlos.
“Carlos is someone who could work well with 💯the team. 🍌The engineers would understand. And he gets the engineering.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everyt✅hing from Americ🐼an sports, to football, to F1.
