Sainz knows reason for good strategy Leclerc: 'That makes it easier'

Ferrari's results were maximised in Japan, partly due to Charles Leclerc's strategy, which gave the Scuderia P3 and P4 at the Japanese Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz therefore sees progress in terms of strategy, he said at Suzuka.

On the contrary, in 2022 Ferrari was still characterised by their strategic flaws. Several times, the Italian team lost a race because something went wrong with the strategy.

Today, on the contrary, the team showed its ability to come up with a strategy that worked out very well for Leclerc. Sainz sees that too: "I think we've made progress on strategy over the last three years progressively. But if you see a jump this year on our strategy, it's purely down to the car. I think just having a car that allows you to have flexibility on strategy is something that last year we couldn't have. So we were boxed in to stop at certain laps."

The Spaniard continued: "We couldn't extend. We had so much degradation, that it looked always like people could extend and then come back on us on a harder tyre. Last year we were just… zero flexible and we couldn't do anything with our racing. So it looked like we were not getting the strategy right a lot of times."

Sainz therefore reiterates that he sees improvement: "When you have a car that is better on tyres, two drivers that can push on the car more, it's a lot easier. And you have that extra flexibility, your strategy also looks better. And with this, I'm not underestimating the progress we've made. It's just, I really think this helps a lot."