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Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz was deeply moved after his team shared a heartfelt video with him after Abu Dhabi’s season finale at the Yas Marina Circuit. The video captured Sainz’s emotional reaction as he watched the highlights of his four-year journey with the team, reflecting on a memorable and eventful chapter in his career. Sainz described the video as the perfect way to “close this chapter” as he prepares for his next move Williams by 2025.
Sainz will join Williams in 2025 and make room for seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari. He has signed a multi-year contract with the team from Grove, where he will succeed interim driver Franco Colapinto. His emotional response to the video Ferrari showed him suggests the deep bond he shared with the Scuderia.
The Spaniard went all out in the final races to help Ferrari fight for the constructors’ championship, which was led by McLaren. Despite his efforts, Sainz finished second at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, narrowly missing out on the title for the Italian team. Lando Norris’ victory ultimately secured the championship for McLaren by a margin of 14 points. Ferrari’s bid was further weakened by Charles Leclerc’s ten-place grid penalty for using a third energy storage.
Looking back on his race weekend, Sainz admitted it was a challenge to keep his emotions in check. When asked if he had cried considering it was his last race with Ferrari, the 30-year-old driver said said:
“Maybe I’ve already done that, and you just don’t know it, and you haven’t seen it yet.
“Maybe it was in the helmet, maybe it was in the ten minutes before the race when I was in the car, maybe it was in the in-lap.
“Maybe you’ll never know. I can just tell you that at some point I got emotional, I’m not going to tell you exactly when or how. It’s a feeling I keep for myself and for my team.
“And maybe it’s all a bit of acting, and I’m acting like I’m not emotional at all, and I learned that from Brad Pitt who is here this weekend.
“I don’t know. I’m telling you, I’ve been emotional. There was just too much work to do and too much to fight for, so your brain doesn’t allow you to get emotional because you care more about winning and giving a constructors’ championship to the team rather than your emotions themselves.
“Let’s just say your competitiveness takes over. But there were moments when I got emotional and luckily you guys couldn’t see that.”
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