As stated in the dedicated monograph, Carlos Sainz is not never been on the podium in his home Grand Prix. The dynamics, when compared to Montmelo and not the fact of racing on native soil, it also involves the teammate Charles Leclerc. Indeed, upon closer inspection the Monegasque has almost always left the Catalan event disappointed.
Never better than fourth on the finish line, a result achieved in 2021 with a single-seater that when taking less than a minute from the Red Bulls and Mercedes could consider the balance of its GP “encouraging”. Furthermore, the twenty-seven year old from the Principality suffered a very painful withdrawal in 2022. He had to stop due to a problem with his power unit when he was in the lead, giving up a potential victory.
Just another retreat, that of the unfortunate 2020, has generated a memes. Her disconsolate and resigned expression in the box has become an image used several times on the web. It still crops up sometimes today, being used not only in the context of F1. In short, Barcelona has never given any satisfaction to the twenty-seven year old Monegasque.
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In this 2024, Leclerc’s Spanish GP is loaded with extra meanings. Not like Sainz’s, of course, but the upcoming competitive event will have a value notable. After the Monaco GP, there were those who considered Charles a contender for the world title. It wasn’t said openly, but if it was claimed that “Ferrari is in the running for something more than the Constructors’ World Championship”the implicit reference is obvious.
Well, Leclerc is still second in the world championship ranking, but in Montreal he lost (with interest) everything he had gained in Monte Carlo. The delay points from Max Verstappen have become 56. The account of victories He says 6-1 in favor of the Dutch. A tennis score and a gap that don’t leave much hope.
Yet, the peer based in Milton Keynes continues to express his own perplexity relating to the vanished superiority of RB20, while the Maranello team continues in the proclamations under the banner of cautious optimism. Just a question of communication and/or sensations linked to one’s competitiveness?
In the end, the ones that count count results. Precisely for this reason Leclerc needs to get a big one on Sunday. For himself and for keep under pressure those who do not consider – at least in words – the conquest of their fourth world championship crown to be a given. If this were the case, there could only be two men capable of worrying him. One guides, in fact, one Ferrari. The one with the number 16.
