I would get pushed around bumped out of a race - Carlos Sainz reminisces about his karting days before F1 × Follow Us Create Notifications New User posted their first comment this is comment text Link Approve Reject & ban Delete Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Formula 1 Singapore GP News

I would get pushed around bumped out of a race - Carlos Sainz reminisces about his karting days before F1

By Pratik Joshi Modified 22 Sep 2022 Follow Us Comment Share Race winner Carlos Sainz of Spain and Ferrari celebrates in parc ferme during the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain (Image via Mark Thompson/Getty Images) Carlos Sainz Jr. has spent most of his life on the track. His father, Carlos Sainz Sr., a two-time World Rally champion, guided his young son in his early days and is a big inspiration for the Ferrari driver. Speaking to The New York Times in a recent interview, Carlos Sainz recollected his karting days and how his father helped him build aggression. He said he was a very shy and quiet kid and would be trampled on by others in his age group. He said: "I used to be very shy and I used to be friends with a lot of people, all the racing drivers. When I would then arrive at a go-kart track, I would get pushed around, bumped out of a race by people I thought would never do that to me because we got on well out of the car." The young Spaniard's father then taught him a lesson he will never forget. He explained that there are two types of people in the world—the hunter and the hunted. And young Carlos should choose to be a hunter on the track to win. Sainz Jr. made it his life mantra and sticks by it to this day. He said: "My dad told me ‘look, it’s not only in life but also in any sport you do, you either bite or you get bitten. You need to be the one pushing, to be the hard one, because if you’re not, you will be the prey’ – that advice changed my approach and my career. Once I put the helmet on, I try to be the animal hunting, not the hunted animal." The Spaniard won his first karting championship, the Asia Pacific KF3 title, at the age of 14 and was runner-up in the Spanish championship. He won the Junior Monaco Kart cup in 2009 and was the runner-up in the European KF3 championship. In 2010, he became part of the Red Bull driver academy named the Red Bull Junior Driver Team and raced in the Formula BMW series. Sportskeeda F1@SportskeedaF1Carlos Sainz is disappointed

#F1 #CarlosSainz11Carlos Sainz is disappointed #F1 #CarlosSainz https://t.co/PW21BZ2PZy He debuted in Formula 1 in 2015 driving for Torro Rosso, the sister team for Red Bull. Carlos Sainz reached Q3 in his debut race, the 2015 F1 Australian GP, and finished ninth in the race scoring points in his debut. Carlos Sainz moved to Ferrari in 2021 after two successful seasons at McLaren and finished the season placing fifth ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc.

Carlos Sainz says racing might be in his genes

In the interview, Carlos Sainz mentioned that he is very good at what he does also because the drive for motorsports runs in his family. He said: "My bet is there must be something genetic in it." Ferrari News @FanaticsFerrariP18 P4

What a drive by Carlos Sainz 4758154P18 P4 What a drive by Carlos Sainz https://t.co/LXfoyzqRaK He also mentioned that he learned tricks at a very young age, which made him feel as though he were born to race. He said: "There is a video of me when I was 2½ years old in a battery car, and I was doing 360s and Scandinavian flicks where you do a perfect sideways corner. No way my father taught me that. But when I look back on those videos, I feel there was something inside my body that knew how to drive, even at 2½ years old. I was born to drive, you can see it in the video." What's your favorite race of the 2022 season so far? Tell us in the comments below.. Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Edited by Sabine Algur × Feedback Thank You! Be the first one to comment Follow Us Share Show More Comments GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ GIF Comment in moderation 0 0 Reply x Edit Delete Delete the comment? No thanks Delete GIF Cancel Update GIF Cancel Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout No Results Found Get the free App now Manage notifications Popular ‍ Sports (30+) CricketCricket HomeScheduleT20 World CupT20 warm upIND vs SAENG vs PAKAUS vs ENGLegends LeagueECS T10 CroatiaWBBL 2022ECC T10SMAT 2022Bukhatir LeagueNZ T20 Tri-SeriesWomen's Asia Cup 2022ECT10 FootballFootball HomeNewslettersSK Experts ScheduleEPLNations LeagueLa LigaLigue 1Champions LeagueFIFA WCMLS Bundesliga Serie A WWEWWE HomeNewslettersRumor RoundupRAWSmackDownResultsRosterChampionsWWE Crown Jewel 2022PPV ScheduleAEW EsportsEsports HomeMinecraftOverwatch 2RobloxGenshin ImpactFortniteGTAStreamersFree FirePUBGValorantBGMIPop CultureAnimeGaming TechWiki Guides TennisTennis HomeTennis calendarTennis Results TodayATP RankingsWTA RankingsRoger FedererRafael NadalNovak DjokovicSerena Williams MMAMMA HomeUFC NewsONE ChampionshipUFC Fight NightScheduleRankingsResultsUFC Fights TonightONE Championship ResultsONE Championship ScheduleONE Championship Rankings KabaddiKabaddi HomePKL 2022PKL SchedulePKL Points TableKabaddi Rules WikiWiki HomeMinecraft WikiNaruto WikiTikTok WikiYoutube WikiGTA WikiTerraria WikiOne Piece Wiki MoreSportsBasketballIndian FootballNFLMinecraftFormula 1NascarPop CultureCollege FootballHockeyGolfAthleticsBadmintonGymnasticsWrestlingSwimmingTennisShootingBoxingArcheryWinter SportsRobloxFree PicksSkateboardingKho KhoLifestyle LINKS About Us Write For Us Policies Editorial Standards Journalism Awards Fact Check Affiliate Program Careers CSR Privacy Policy Contact Us Edition: English हिन्दी