Carlos Sainz has denied feeling jealous of the soaring popularity of his Spanish countryman and friend Fernando Alonso. Sainz, 28, has been at Ferrari since 2021 – and he even won last year’s British GP. “Still, I can’t complain and I’m doing well,” Sainz insists. “At Ferrari we are not where we want to be – we are the first to be self-critical. Sainz said: “You don’t have to be a genius to know that Red Bull is very difficult to catch this season, which is not to say that Ferrari can’t do it or that we are not going to try. “I think Barcelona was the worst circuit for Ferrari,” he said. Finally, Sainz denied that rumours linking other drivers with his Ferrari are affecting him “on a personal level”.

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