Congratulations to the former student
Seven points less, but with a game disadvantage. Carlos Sainz he is fourth in the Drivers’ standings, seven points behind Charles Leclerc, but did not participate in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix due to appendicitis which forced him to raise the white flag after taking part in Friday’s free practice.
The Spanish driver, above all, for now has signed the victory obtained by Ferrari in Australia exactly as a year ago he responded in Singapore in the only crumb left on the table by Red Bull in an unrivaled 2023 by the Milton Keynes team that won 21 races out of 22. With the exception of the last round in China Sainz was also consistently ahead of Charles Leclercalthough it should not be forgotten that in Bahrain the Monegasque had to deal with a brake problem which affected his race significantly.
Helmut Markowho in unsuspecting times declared that Carlos Sainz (former member of the Red Bull youth team from 2015 to 2018 before moving to McLaren – in Ferrari he ‘demystified’ the aura of Charles Leclerc, in his latest column hosted by the newspaper speedweek.com following the Shanghai weekend, he dedicated a few passages to the performances offered by the drivers at the top of F1 at the start of the season. “Lando Norris makes a great impression on us, as compared to 2023 he is clearly distancing himself from his teammate Oscar Piastri – Marko’s words – and then there is Carlos Sainz who at Ferrari, apart from China, has always been ahead of Charles Leclerc. This surprised me. Even in Qualifying he drives very aggressively and in Australia he won impressively. Of course, Fernando Alonso is also getting noticed. In Qualifying he is doing incredible things and in the race he doesn’t give up an inch as he demonstrated at the start in the duel with Sergio Perez in Shanghai.”
