Carlos Sainz Jr returns to activity in Formula 1 after surgery – 2024-03-30 06:56:17

Good news for the tifosi. The Spanish pilot Carlos Sainz Jr. He has returned to action after his surgery, after suffering appendicitis a few days before the last Bahrain Grand Prix, and everything indicates that he will get into his car for this weekend, in the Australian Grand Prix.

Sainz, who had already arrived in Melbourne a couple of days ago like several of the drivers on the grid, took a bicycle tour around the track and was even captured showing the surgery wound to several members of Ferrari in his garage. . However, the FIA ​​doctors still need to give him the go-ahead to be able to race both in practice and in the ‘quali’ and the race itself.

Will Carlos Sainz Jr. race in the Australian GP?

According to Kym Illman, one of the F1 photographers present in Melbourne, Sainz continues to move carefully after the surgery, and assured that, after exchanging words with him, “I am not 100% sure that his body is prepared for the rigors of a career”.

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The plan, however, according to Illman, Sainz explained to those present that “it will reduce the pressure in your stomach by using padding under the car seat belt.””.

For its part, Ferrari issued a statement stating that “we hope that Carlos Sainz will get back into the car, after missing Jedá due to appendicitis.” In fact, reports even indicated that Prema, the F2 team for which Oliver Bearman races, who replaced Sainz in Bahrain, have not brought in a reserve driver, so it can be concluded that the young English driver will not be needed. by Ferrari to replace Carlos on this occasion.

“We hope to be ahead on this track where a hierarchical order similar to that of Jeddah could be reproduced,” said Ferrari technical director Fred Vasseur at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne. “We will try to adopt a more aggressive approach in order to put pressure on the team that won the first two races,” he added.

This Thursday free practices start at the Albert Park, starting at 8:30 p.m. in United States time. The race will be at midnight on Saturday for the American continent.