“This is when I fell in love with Formula 1 at the age of ten.” For this reason, the Spanish GP has always been so special for Carlos Sainz. The Spaniard returns to Barcelona hoping to improve his results, again, dressed in the red Ferrari he had always dreamed of. With that of this 2023, There are already nine participations from Madrid in the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, place where, as he remembered this Wednesday in the presentation of the weekend, he decided what he wanted to do with his professional future: “When we returned home after watching the Montmeló Grand Prix I told my father that I wanted to be a Formula 1 driver one day and that I wanted to be like Fernando Alonso. Years later, he not only shares the grid with his idol, but is also one of his great rivals in the top positions, together against a Red Bull team that seems unattainable.
And, since that 2015 in which he debuted in Montmeló with a bull rosso, the number of fans has also been rising like foam. With a stand already in his name, this season there will be 3,500 fans who will turn to the maximum with Sainz, who sold out their tickets in less than ten minutes of sale. The area will be dyed Ferrari red again, while the man from Madrid hopes that the improvements in the scuderia help take a step forward to sneak into a podium that would be historic for Spain and, above all, very special for the pilot. And it is that, in the eight Spanish appointments that he has been able to play, he has never been able to get on the drawer: his best position is fourth place, bordering on the podium, last 2022. There are reasons to dream. For the moment, the Italian brand will test a new aerodynamic package in a grand prix that, in sports terms, will be essential, with many improvements to test on the first conventional track that F1 has set foot on so far this year.
