Andrea Stella pinpoints important reasons why an F1 team should sign Carlos Sainz

Andrea Stella pinpoints important reasons why an F1 team should sign Carlos Sainz. Andrea Stella praises Carlos Sainz amid Ferrari F1 exit.

Carlos Sainz, Ferrari 2024, Rebecca Donaldson

Carlos Sainz does not yet have a seat for next year in Formula 1, but Italian engineer Andrea Stella, who began his career at Ferrari in 2000 as performance engineer for the test team, has stepped in to “lend a hand.” The current McLaren Team Principal spoke about the benefits a team would have in signing the Spanish driver.

Andrea Stella worked with Carlos for two years at McLaren, from 2019 to 2020. Here, he certainly had the opportunity to get to know his driver and his strengths.

When asked about the current Ferrari driver, the Italian engineer wanted to highlight some key aspects. From his point of view, Carlos Sainz could be a great asset for anyone who decides to offer him a seat.

Andrea Stella’s comments
“Carlos is an interesting driver, but in particular, I would like to emphasize that he is very rational,” explained the McLaren Team Principal – “He needs to create a plan in his head to understand the fastest way to tackle a lap. What is the fastest way to race. He adds a lot of rationality to his instinct. And the importance is that when you have this rational processing, it is also easy to communicate. He thus becomes a great asset to the team. This is because what he is processing, what he sees as an opportunity or what he sees as a problem, becomes very clear to the team.” – the Italian engineer pointed out.

“He communicates everything well. I believe that for us, it was certainly one of the main variables in the development of the team, thanks to these characteristics.”

Andrea Stella’s words about Carlos Sainz are very significant. Words that seem to be particularly shared by James Vowles. The Williams Team Principal, in fact, has not hidden his interest in the Spanish driver. In Canada, he also publicly showed his desire to pair him with Alex Albon starting in 2025. It is said that there is a four-year contract on the table and that Carlos Sainz is about to sign it. At the moment, however, these are just rumors. In the coming weeks, we will surely find out what the Spaniard’s future will be.