Carlos Sainz has affirmed his unwavering commitment to Ferrari and teammate Charles Leclerc despite his impending departure from the Scuderia at the end of the year in favour of Lewis Hamilton.
The Spaniard is set to conclude his four-year tenure with the Italian outfit in Abu Dhabi this December, during which he has secured two victories.
However, Ferrari’s high-profile driver switch has left Sainz seemingly isolated, prompting concerns that personal agendas may overshadow team cohesion at Maranello.
Yet, speaking at the unveiling of Ferrari’s new SF-24 earlier this week, Sainz dispelled any doubts about his loyalty and pledged his full support to his team and Leclerc if called upon.
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“Of course. I’ve always been a team player,” Sainz affirmed.
“Everything I’ve done in Formula 1, I think I’ve been a great team player, I’ve always been exemplary in that sense as a driver for any team.
“I will definitely help Charles if I have to, the same way that I expect Charles to help me if I fight for a World Championship myself too.”
Sainz remains determined to give his utmost and refuses to withhold any effort in his quest to conclude his Ferrari chapter on a high note.
“I think the amount of pressure that I will put on myself, on the team and my engineers and everyone involved, I think will be exactly the same,” he asserted.
“The hunger to win races, the hunger to become champions doesn’t change just because of what’s happening in ’25.
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“We all have the same objective. We all have the same ambitions this year.
“So I think it’s going to be exactly the same.
“If anything, I can focus even more knowing in the present and then focus more on the race by race, making sure I have the best possible car and feeling underneath me and not having to focus so much on development and in the future.”