Sainz makes good impression at Ferrari: 'Interesting experience'

Ferrari presented the new SF21 for the 2021 Formula One season on Wednesday. Racing Director, Laurent Mekies, has high hopes for 2021 and already sees a nice relationship developing between Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

Return of Ferrari

On Wednesday, Ferrari was the team that last presented the new livery for the 2021 Formula One season. Ferrari went through a deep slump in 2020 after it had to downsize its engine at the end of 2019, and failed to take that into account when designing the new car. From those lessons, Ferrari now hopes to have learned.

''We have learned a lot from the tough season in 2020. We have to learn from our mistakes and make sure we can look up again. There is of course a limit to what we can develop, but we are looking at the possibilities to get back to the top,'' says Laurent Mekies in a video from the press release.

Sainz and Leclerc

''We are already getting a lot of positive energy from the duo Charles and Carlos. Carlos has been around the factory a lot and is integrating well within the team. He's very open minded and curious. He also has interesting experiences with other teams and his relationship with the engineers has been very good from day one.''

However, Ferrari's Racing Director is also still very fond of Leclerc. ''Charles knows the team inside out, and has been with us for three years now. He is really developing as a leader and we see him getting better every year. He is very aware of his role within the team, and the two drivers are already working well together as teammates,'' concludes Ferrari's chief executive.