Reflecting on his dominant Mexico Grand Prix victory, Carlos Sainz mentioned he achieved his goal of another race win with Ferrari as he prepares to depart the Scuderia on the finish of the season.

Sainz will be part of Williams subsequent season and can be changed at Ferrari by seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, who will drive alongside Charles Leclerc.

Sainz gained by 4.705 seconds in Mexico Metropolis with McLaren’s Lando Norris second and teammate Leclerc third. Ferrari claimed a factors haul adequate to overhaul Pink Bull within the constructors’ championship and transfer inside 29 factors of leaders McLaren.

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“Actually, I actually needed this one,” Sainz mentioned after the race. “I actually wanted it for myself and needed to get it performed. I have been saying for some time I needed another win earlier than leaving Ferrari and to do it right here in entrance of this mega crowd is unbelievable.

“Now with 4 races left I wish to get pleasure from it as a lot as attainable and if one other one [win] comes I will go for it.

“I have been feeling the help of the Mexican followers all weekend so I suppose Spanish talking is one thing that helps. It felt like after Checo [Sergio Perez] most likely they had been supporting me.”

The 30-year-old Spaniard gained his second race of the season in entrance of his household, along with his mom, girlfriend and father, racing driver Carlos Sainz Sr., current.

“Since I arrived in Mexico I had a sense that the win was attainable. I knew my household was coming to see me this weekend, my mum was going to be current — I by no means gained a race with my mum in entrance of me — and my finest buddies are right here and my dad and I used to be like ‘there is likely to be one thing cooking’ this weekend and I must profit from it.

“Everybody knew I needed another race win with Ferrari. I felt like I additionally deserved it, I have been driving properly all yr, pushing flat out maintaining my motivation excessive — even in tough circumstances — and wanting to offer the whole lot for this group, and I really feel like I drove some actually good races and another I needed to win.

“Finally it occurred and it needed to be in Mexico infront of my household — it doesn’t suggest I am not going to try to win extra.”

Sainz began Sunday’s race from pole place, however misplaced the result in Max Verstappen on the run to the primary nook.

Sainz regained the lead after the protection automotive restart when he lunged down the within of Verstappen in a shocking transfer to take the place again. For the rest of the race, his lead by no means faltered.

On the Pink Bull overtake, he mentioned: “I used to be simply aggravated firstly to lose a place with him, and I wanted to shock him a method or one other as a result of Max is tremendous tough to go which he has confirmed many occasions.

“I used to be a bit far again however I had nothing to lose so I mentioned I am simply going to ship one down the within and I have been very assured on the braking into Flip 1 this weekend and I knew I might make it.”

Verstappen completed in sixth after a 20-second penalty for an incident with title rival Norris dropped him down the order. Norris completed second to cut back the factors hole to 47 factors with 4 races remaining.