Top 11 Carlos Sainz Jr. Quotes

When you drive it is you, the car and your performance on track that counts. That is why I do it.

I think the people that need to see my talent are seeing it, people who understand F1 well are valuing my performance.

You can imagine the long process and what you need to do as a driver to extract the maximum out of the car, what you need to do as a driver talking to the team about what you need, but what also the team can do for you to make that happen.

There is clearly this gene inside me or this thing inside me that I’ve always had in my blood. I don’t know, but since very little I’ve always wanted to be in racing cars, and that was without knowing who my dad was and what he was doing for a living.

The day you perform at the highest level you need your car to be best of the rest.

Everyone on the grid gets nervous before a Formula 1 race. It’s just how you manage it. It’s impossible not to be a bit nervous before a Formula 1 start or even before a World Series start. You have nerves. The thing is, you know how to control them.

I had no idea at two or three years of age that my dad was a rally driver and he was doing doughnuts around the world.

As a driver, it’s very important to feel at home and feel that the team wants you. I’ve always felt at McLaren it was pretty much love at first sight since we started talking.

I find it incredibly annoying going to every race to finish seventh, or even fifth.

When I jumped in a go-kart at three or four, with my friends, I was super fast without anyone really teaching me.

My Dad has given me a lot of advice, but this advice comes especially from the attitude point of view. He’s never told me how to drive a car, how to do a corner, nothing like that. He believe this comes from the talent. You are born with it or you are not born with it.