Sainz notes: 'This is why Ferrari were strong recently in F1'

Ferrari won two Grands Prix during the last tripleheader. At the Circuit of the Americas, the Italians claimed a one-two finish with Leclerc finishin in P1, and then in Mexico City, another doublepodium finish followed. That time, it was Carlos Sainz who earned the fourth victory of his career. Moreover, Ferrari now find themselves in second place in the constructors' standings, behind McLaren and ahead of Red Bull Racing.

Sainz owes good results to added downforce

According to Sainz, his team have done a great job to improve the SF-24. "If you ask me personally, my personal feeling is that it was a very small step in terms of downforce, but it's just been maybe a bigger step in terms of usable downforce, especially the way you can run the car with stiffnesses, etc," the Spaniard began.

"I'm just happy that the car doesn't bounce as much and it's into a decent window because that's for me how a Formula One car should behave and perform and what we had in mid-season was just in a way not acceptable and not very drivable and the moment we corrected that I'm happy that this paid because it's how a Formula One car should behave and should be and I'm happy that it's proven itself that way because it's just giving us a much better platform to work with. And, it's just a more usable car for sure," Sainz then added.

Entering the final tripleheader, the Scuderia would have to overcome a 36-point gap to win the constructors' title. For Sainz, these three will also be the final events when he dresses up as a Ferrari driver, before switching for Williams in the 2025 season.

This article was written in collaboration with Jeroen Immink

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