Formula 1 drivers sometimes get behind the wheel of historic cars, usually during demonstration races. For example, this year, for the British Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel drove the championship car Williams FW14B, which Nigel Mansell drove in 1992, and Charles Leclerc drove not only the Ferrari 312 B3 of Niki Lauda on the Monaco track, but also knew he also had an accident because the car’s brakes gave out.
But Carlos Sainz, his partner in the Scuderia, believes it doesn’t make much sense to take unnecessary risks associated with testing the technology of yesteryear.
“I had the chance to test an old Ferrari. This gives an idea of what Formula 1 looked like many years ago, the championship’s official website quotes the Spaniard as saying. – But I am overcome with doubts: why take the risk? What’s the point of this? It is now the highlight of the season and Ferrari has a chance to fight for the championship – why take the risk? After all, a repetition of the situation in which Charles found himself in Monaco is impossible to exclude.
On the other hand, when else do you get the chance to drive such cars? In general, every time I drive a historic race car, I get overwhelmed by such thoughts. After all, if I’m behind the wheel, I’ll definitely attack. I don’t see how it’s even possible to just drive race cars with your elbow out of the cockpit.
I can only work behind the wheel in such a way that you really feel the car and for that you have to attack. But then all kinds of problems cannot be ruled out…”
Source: F1 News
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