Carlos Sainz Jr foresees no battle of curiosity in Sainz Sr’s mooted FIA presidential bid

Carlos Sainz has defined a few of the rationale behind his father and two-time world rally champion Carlos Sainz Sr contemplating working for FIA president – whereas additionally believing there could be no battle of curiosity given he races in System 1.

As revealed by Motorsport.com final week, Sainz Sr is at present assessing whether or not to formally stand for election within the race to change into FIA president in opposition to Mohammed Ben Sulayem, and is known to be gauging his degree of assist from the FIA’s member automotive golf equipment earlier than making a closing choice.

Talking about his father’s present place, Sainz defined that the thought was put to the 62-year-old Spaniard first, who then began to change into extra satisfied by the thought of working for president over time.

Whereas admitting that it was troublesome for him to be goal, the Williams driver felt that Sainz Sr had the credentials and expertise wanted to sufficiently perceive the necessities of turning into FIA president – ought to he select to run.

“Yeah, clearly we have been speaking about it for some time now,” mentioned the junior Sainz forward of this weekend’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix.

“Curiously sufficient, I feel it is one thing that did not really come from him. Lots of people within the paddock have been sort of placing it in his head and little by little he began contemplating it.

“And now he is clearly fascinated about it. I feel the bottom line is that he nonetheless hasn’t put collectively a group or a candidature, I do not understand how you name it. However he is contemplating it and relying clearly on how he sees it and sees his match, he’ll go for it or not.

“I am his son, so I am biased, however talking from probably the most goal place attainable, it would not come to my head anybody that has lived by all of the karting days together with his son and is aware of the roots of motorsport in go-karting as he did 4 or 5 years of go-karting with me. 

“He did 4 or 5 years of single-seaters with me, understanding how robust, costly, troublesome that ladder is. 

“He is executed 10 years in System 1 with me. He is executed 40 years of rallying, raids. He does lots of mobility work in Spain with the ‘Ponle Freno’ [road safety] marketing campaign. 

“He is a man that covers so many experiences in so many alternative areas of motorsport, coming to the tip of his profession clearly in racing – looking for a approach to give again to motorsport what motorsport has given to him.”

Sainz prompt that his father would take a “widespread sense” strategy to the political wrangling concerned in managing the governance of motorsport.

He added that he couldn’t consider any situations the place Sainz’s present racing profession and his father’s potential presidential ambitions would create a battle of curiosity – stating that his household was “trustworthy”.

Mohammed ben Sulayem, FIA President

Picture by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Photographs

“He is attempting to grasp how the elections work, how a lot convincing, how many individuals he must clearly go and speak to,” the 30-year-old added.

“However he is evaluating the entire thing and attempting to grasp how all the pieces works. It is his factor now.

“I am clearly very busy right here with Williams doing my very own factor. So, I am leaving it to him in a manner. He provides me an replace of the state of affairs each one or two weeks, how a lot progress he is doing or what is the state of affairs.

“I feel that is the detrimental aspect of it, the politics. However I feel that if there is a man that might take away politics from it, it may be a bit my dad as a result of he sticks to widespread sense and really primary guidelines of going about life and issues.

“I have been attempting to think about situations the place it might [be a conflict of interest] however I really do not see any manner how that could possibly be seen. 

“If something, clearly he shall be extraordinarily cautious, I shall be extraordinarily cautious as a result of the very last thing that I need is my or his picture or profession to be broken by that state of affairs. So if something, we’d do the other impact and I do not see any battle.

“OK, there may be the second you personally know my dad otherwise you personally know me. We’re trustworthy individuals, I might by no means ever compromise that state of affairs in motorsport.”

Pictures from Emilia Romagna GP – Thursday