Carlos Sainz had a perfect weekend in Australia. And just two weeks ago he had surgery for appendicitis and was unable to take part in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. He took victory in Melbourne, where he took advantage of a Red Bull mechanical failure. Max Verstappen.
But even with Max on the track, Carlos would have won too. This is the opinion of Sergio Perez, the Dutchman’s teammate at Red Bull. “Absolutely,” he replies when asked if Sainz would have stood on the top step of the podium with Verstappen finishes the race.
“Absolutely. I think as a team we just didn’t have the rhythm today. We didn’t have the rhythm all weekend. We were already fighting since Friday and we were never good enough in terms of tire management,” said the Mexican driver after the race.
“At the beginning it was difficult for us, we saw that Ferrari and McLaren were a step ahead of us. I think we just didn’t manage to find the balance. And there is work to be done to do for the next races. We already saw last year that on a track like this, “Ferrari was much stronger than us, so we just couldn’t take care of the front tires,” he said. -he declares. Czech about what happened at Albert Park.
At Ferrari we continue to work to compete for everything: “Looking at the first three races, there is no race in which we have not maximized the result. So we have to do it until we get the car that is still better than Red Bull, especially in racing. »
Carlos Sainz is fourth in the drivers’ standings with 40 points, eleven behind Max. If he had competed in Jeddah, he could even challenge for the title. It is clear that F1 in 2024 will be much more entertaining than those of recent years.