“I just sat down with my engineers in the summer break and we said okay, what can we do to start putting the whole weekend together, because clearly we have a lot of pace, we were doing some good things but we are never putting the whole thing together, so let’s see what we can do to improve that and start having consistent performances in the second half, because the potential is clearly there this year.

I’ve mentioned it before: Sainz is proving that consistency and self-improvement, not just wins and poles, are key factors for success at Ferrari. Leclerc, while incredibly fast, seems to expect more than the car can deliver and lacks a focus on self-improvement.

Ferrari’s attention to Leclerc has heightened expectations, making him more error-prone, and he seems to anticipate receiving number 1 status without question.