Ferrari duo Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc admitted they had been left ‘hurting’ to overlook out on the 2024 Components 1 constructors’ title.
Each Ferrari and McLaren had been within the operating for the groups’ title this 12 months, however finally McLaren claimed the crown by 14 factors courtesy of Lando Norris taking victory within the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The second McLaren of Oscar Piastri was restricted to preventing again to tenth having been hit by Max Verstappen initially, with Sainz ending second and Leclerc recovering brilliantly from nineteenth to additionally make the rostrum.
Regardless of taking second and third place, Ferrari’s 16-year look ahead to a constructors’ championship goes on.
“Clearly, it’s a little bit of a bittersweet feeling, in the long run,” mentioned Sainz, who took second place in his closing race for Ferrari forward of his transfer to Williams.
“P2 I feel was the utmost we might do at present, given the tempo of Lando within the McLaren. Yeah. I gave it every part, particularly the primary stint it regarded like, we might dangle on to them.
“Then as quickly as we put the laborious tyres, they simply appeared to be that one or two tenths faster per lap, like we have seen all weekend, and so they simply bought a bit out of out of attain.
“However yeah, congratulations, to start with, to McLaren. They deserved this championship. They have been rock strong within the final two-thirds of the championship, and so they’ve been unimaginable from our aspect, I feel we might be pleased with the hassle and the championship we put collectively.
“It has been a troublesome 12 months, however undoubtedly a 12 months the place we must be pleased with and hopefully be again right here quickly.”
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24
Picture by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Pictures
Leclerc’s spectacular drive via the sector started as he prevented the first-lap drama to choose up loads of locations, with the velocity of his Ferrari finally permitting the Monegasque to battle via to 3rd place.
Leclerc’s weekend was compromised on Friday when he was hit with a 10-place grid penalty for a brand new battery pack that was outdoors of his allocation for the season.
“I knew I needed to be very aggressive. So I knew that in lap one I needed to take all of the dangers potential as a way to acquire as many locations as potential to then be in a superb place for the remainder of the race, which was achieved,” he defined.
“However then, sadly, we had been simply beginning too far again to do something higher than what we have completed at present. I feel we have completed the utmost.
“It hurts, clearly, as a result of when, the season is so shut till the top, and it was a tough hit on Friday after we knew we had the penalty, we nonetheless gave all of it, and we simply come in need of our aim, which is a disgrace, however on the finish, we have tried every part.
“If we glance [at] our first a part of the 12 months, we had been nowhere close to being within the combat for the constructors’. Then the second a part of the season was actually good, and the crew has completed an unimaginable job.
“I feel Carlos and I’ve completed a very good job as effectively collectively. So yeah, we ended sturdy, and I am positive that subsequent 12 months will hopefully begin as sturdy as what we’ve ended this 12 months.”
Images from Abu Dhabi GP Race
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