Unaware of the frantic activity of Formula 1, Carlos Sainz faces these weeks of confinement with the same resignation, fear and hope as the rest of the Spanish. "It is difficult to be animated and in a good mood every day," says the McLaren rider from his family home, where he counts the days to start the World Cup, without losing sight of current political news. "I am enjoying the forcefulness and leadership of José Luis Martínez-Almeida," he stressed during a meeting with the written press.

Following a question from EL MUNDO, Sainz defined the mayor of Madrid as "one of the few politicians today who speaks clearly and directly, answers questions and provides concrete solutions." In his opinion, the alderman of the Popular Party "is giving up", unlike other colleagues. "Unfortunately, I can not say the same about many other politicians, of one color or another," said the former Renault and Toro Rosso driver.

"Sometimes we Spaniards are branded as disorderly, carefree and other stereotypes that are very far from reality and now we are demonstrating it," adds Sainz, who has known some positive cases of Covid-19 in its core more recently. close to family and friends. "They have managed to fight the virus and we are all well. Unfortunately, I do know cases of relatively close deaths," he regrets.

"It doesn't fit much more"

Despite forced imprisonment, he continues to work hard each morning under Rupert Manwaring. "There is nothing that clears my head more than doing a good physical training session," acknowledges the McLaren leader, also admitting that Formula 1 is "addictive". "When they take it off so suddenly you get a little out of place," he says.

Waiting for a final decision for the start of the 2020 World Cup, the man from Madrid sees a season "closer to 10 races -between eight and 14- than to 20." Seeing how the situation is and if you start to do the math , it does not fit much more ", he predicts with enough pragmatism.

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