Carlos Sainz (L) Lewis Hamilton (R) (Images via Getty)
Carlos Sainz recently expressed his feelings towards Lewis Hamilton replacing him at Ferrari. The seven-time world champion would soon leave Mercedes to join the Italian giants in 2025.
Sainz has been in Ferrari since 2021, racing alongside Charles Leclerc. In the first season itself, Sainz outscored Leclerc in the points table. In the latter years, however, Leclerc usually had the upper hand in the championship. Before the 2024 F1 season, the news of Lewis Hamilton replacing Carlos Sainz on the Italian team from 2025 emerged.
Speaking on the F1 Beyond the Grid podcast, he said that though he was furious with the move at first, he gradually understood why Lewis Hamilton was chosen to replace him. He said that the reason why he understood and moved on was because he was being replaced by a seven-time world champion. He praised Hamilton for being one of the greatest to have ever graced the F1 circuit.
