12 days after having surgery to remove his appendix, Carlos Sainz returned to Ferrari’s track action.
Fred Vasseur, the head of the Ferrari team, is “confident” that Carlos Sainz will finish the Australian Grand Prix weekend in the cockpit. Sainz finished first practice at Albert Park only 12 days after an appendectomy that constrained him out of the Saudi Bedouin Stupendous Prix, where he was supplanted by F2 driver Oliver Bearman.
The Spaniard has avoided potential risk to guarantee he can drive notwithstanding distress, with changes made to the tackle that gets him in the cockpit.
Sainz completed his most memorable meeting back in the vehicle eighth quickest for the Scuderia, however should have been visible warily extricating himself from the SF-24 in the carport a while later.
Vasseur stated to the media, including RacingNews365, “So far, so good, we are optimistic for the weekend” when asked how Sainz was coping.
Vasseur’s response to the question of whether his driver would be able to complete the weekend was, “I am not a doctor, but I am confident.”