#Juanjo Lacalle

[whewchilly]

Juanjo Lacalle was the master of two generations of Sainz: navigator for his father Carlos at the beginning of his career, they raced in a Panda, and then shadow for his son Carlitos. He was his godfather at his baptism, he never misses a race on TV.

He was the one who took care of Sainz junior on weekends: “I took him to play football, he was also good with the ball, and in karts. Then I asked him to choose between the two and to explain to me why. “Because I am better at driving” he told me.”

The boy is a quick learner, you can see he is promising. At the German Karting Championship, after four laps he was doing the same times as Nyck De Vries who had been testing there for a week. The boy's father arrived with a worried look and says to me: “You've already raced here, right?” No way. Carlos is meticulous and asks for things that people his age wouldn't even dream of. From his father he inherited the ability to improve the car, from the mechanics he wanted to know point by point every change to the set-up, the tire pressures, because that way he was able to go faster. They were amazed. Among his strong points is his memory, a skill that he further refined in the transition to single-seaters. When he won the Formula Renault, before arriving in F1, he remembered every the set-up he had used. A computer.

The maestro is a river in full flood, he quotes another anecdote from McLaren: “Carlos tries it for the first time, goes back to the garage and says: “I think it has two problems, we could try to solve them like this”. The engineers are surprised, they didn’t expect it from someone who has just arrived. But in the end they decide to listen to him. If McLaren has improved so much it is also thanks to his advice.”

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[artemispt]

Juanjo! (I’m hoping for some IG stories 👀)

[trust-is-the-most-important]

Good to see the Sainz family still supporting Isa. 😊

And Guzman, Carlos' friend, too. 😉

[6ebe]

“We chatted with Juanjo Lacalle, one of the people who best knows Carlos Sainz Jr, who has signed for Ferrari. It will run with the Maranello team during 2021 and 2022.”

another Carlos relative liking this ???

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2 times world champion Carlos Sainz is joined by his family and friends during his last WRC weekend in Spain during the Rally of Catalunya, November 1st 2004.

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Carlos and Lando through the eyes of Carlos’ friends - [Sainz. Contra todo, contra todos]

translation below: 

Gustavo (Carlos’ friend): Carlos supported Lando from the start and Lando was delighted to be supported by Carlos.

Noemí de Miguel (Dazn interviewer): As you can imagine, when Lando arrived to McLaren, he needed someone to share all the experience with him and Carlos pushed Lando [to do his best] not only professionally but also personally.

Juanjo Lacalle (Carlos’ Sainz sr agent): They seemed like two professional comedians [in their McLaren era]

Noemí: In the past few years, Carlos has developed the capacity to connect and socialize with people and, moreover, to consolidate those relationships. (This is because at the start they talk about his relathionship with max verstappen and how the atmosphere turned out really tense. Same with Nico)

Gustavo: You can see Lando has an spectacular admiration for Carlos because Carlos “helped” him to become Mclaren’s first driver, he has learnt a lot [from Carlos].

Noemí: Carlos has even taken Lando out to go shopping in London. And he (Lando) started to play golf because of Carlos.

[carletes]

the guy in the photo with lando is carlos' GODFATHER :)) the one who got a 55 tattoo in honor of his first podium in brazil :)) trying to keep calm about this btw :))

stop stop stop stop stop STOP STOP STOPSTOPAGKJAJGKLAKLGAJ

it's carlos sr's manager!!! juanjo lacalle ty @5ainz

[juano500]

(vía El blog de Juanjo Pereyra : Irineu Riet Correa candidato a diputado por Lacalle Pou)

[whewchilly]

Tenía que ponerlo, lo había dicho, tenía que estar el de la primera victoria.

Juanjo’s tattoo for Carlos’ first win

[whewchilly]

Recuerdo de Silverstone 2010… Unos españoles locos celebrando la victoria de España en el Mundial de Sudáfrica. Con el gol de Iniesta se rozó la tragedia. Saltamos tanto que los soportes del hospitality de Ferrari se doblaron. Aguantó el piso, pero de milagro. Qué jóvenes éramos todos!! 😅😅 ¿Quién creeis que ha cambiado más? vía Antonio Lobato

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I’m not crying…

Source

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Carlos’ godfather, you have my heart ❤️

[carletes]

JUANJO LACALLE I OWE YOU MY LIFE

[palalabu]

to shade a light on the sainz-onoro family tree [google translated from Carlos Sainz Sr's Spanish wiki]:

At the age of eleven, his (Sainz Sr) older sister Carmen (mentioned in passing in one of DTS episodes) bought a SEAT 600 and it was the first car that Carlos was able to test drive, even if it was in the company of his sister who was in charge of the pedals and he was behind the wheel. It was his first contact with the motor world. Also in those years, together with his brother Toño, he started a collection of miniature cars that his father gave them as gifts and he soon began to be interested in the brands and models of the time. One of the first racing cars that Sainz saw closely was that of Juan Carlos Oñoro, a friend of his sister Carmen, and who later would become his brother-in-law. At that time he was an official driver for Chrysler and had a Simca with which he raced alongside Juanjo Lacalle (the man in the picture). At this time, Oñoro himself, Lacalle, his brother Toño and Carlos, got hold of a Dauphine with which they did all kinds of spins and skids in an open field near home. Those adventures ended up giving Carlos and his brother Toño the itch for racing.

Lando with who I assume is Carlos's uncle given the very clear resemblance to Carlos Sr twitter. com/Norrislandofans/status/1599100598028075015/photo/1

WAIT MIGHT THIS BE THE OTHER RALLY UNCLE???

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MotorPlanet 63 Part 2 - Carlos Sainz Sr and Jr - Special Show - PRMotor TV

Uploaded: Oct 13, 2011

*Part 1 is not available.

In this part of the special episode about the Sainz family you will most likely find out things that will amaze you. Juanjo Lacalle tells us about his life with Carlos Sainz Sr and now with Carlos Sainz Jr. 

Juanjo tells about how he met Carlos Sr and their early days. He is Carlitos’ godfather. He tells a story about how Carlos Sr came to him to tell him Carlos Jr had asked to race in karts when he was 12. He shares that Carlos is a great guy, very disciplined, who pulls great jokes, and that he enjoys spending time with him.

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Carlos Sainz Jr. recived a blessing from De la Rosa

The Catalan gave him the prize promise: "This guy sure will cause my retirement".

4 December 2009

“That look, those deep eyes of concentration when he goes in his kart, remind me of his father's determination."Juanjo Lacalle, manager and close friend of Carlos Sainz sums up with these words the shine that flashes Carlitos, the boy of 15 years who yesterday received the AS Promise Award.

An award that had a luxury ambassador, Pedro de la Rosa, who also glossed the virtues of this star of karting, runner-up of Europe in 2009: "I’ll only say two things, that I am struggling to races again and this guy is very good and he is going to make me retire very soon. I would not give the prize to someone who was not worth it. He is not the son of, as some may think, he is a very talented driver and can go very far”. Before the gala, Carlitos was a bundle of nerves. Comes from making some great times in his first training with Formula BMW, where he will compete next year.

He has a contract with Red Bull for the next five years and is on his way to glory. But he goes step by step and downplays those times in his first steps in single-seater: "I am learning, I am learning, eh". With the voice in the process of change and almost the height of his father, the promising Madrid driver was delirious with the presence of his football idol Cristiano Ronaldo. Backstage he was able to talk to him and Cristiano said: "Are you nervous? Do not worry, you'll get used to it."

In addition, he laughed with the monologue of Raúl and his particular way of seeing a pit stop with Spanish mechanics, and showed confidence when he took the stage: "I want to thank AS and its readers, this award will give me even more strength.I have a commitment with Red Bull to continue climbing and I will do everything I got to give back the confidence they have placed in me”.