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Mar242024 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

"Unemployed" Sainz proved his qualities by winning in Australia

Carlos Sainz is the only non-Red Bull driver to have won a Formula One race in the last two seasons, but the Spaniard will have to hand over his place in the Ferrari garage to Lewis Hamilton at the end of the season and is still out of contract until 2025. Sainz took advantage Max Verstappen's technical problems and celebrated his third F1 victory in Melbourne. He crossed the finish line ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc, and he was not stopped even by an appendix operation just two weeks ago. The son of Carlos Sainz Sr., multiple world rally champion, said after the race that he had proven his qualities. "At the moment I'm still without a seat for next season, but I know that with a good car I can win. I proved that in Singapore and again here," he said.

Mar242024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Double victory for Ferrari in Melbourne, Verstappen resigned

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Carlos Sainz is the winner of the race in Melbourne. The Spaniard took the lead in the second lap when he took advantage of a mistake by then-leading Max Verstappen. The Dutchman then retired at the end of the fourth lap due to problems with his car, thus wasting the opportunity for a tenth consecutive victory. Teammate Charles Leclerc was second, and Lando Norris took the last step of the podium. https://twitter.com/F1/status/1771771064655258036 Local Oscar Piastri was fourth. Sergio Perez with Red Bull was not competitive with the best today and finished in fifth place. Fernando Alonso was sixth, and teammate Lance Stroll was seventh. The top ten was completed by Yuki Tsunoda, for whom these are the first points this season, Nico Hulkeberg and Kevin Magnussen. Team Haas j

Mar242024 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Verstappen: It's like driving with the handbrake on

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Max Verstappen suffered his first retirement in two years in the 4th round of the Australian Grand Prix. The RB20 race car had to park after there was a problem with the brakes on the rear right wheel, which first started to smoke, and then we saw a small fire. The Dutchman took the lead at the start of the race, then lost his place to Carlos Sainz in the second lap while complaining about the behavior of the car, and had to end the race in the pits two laps later. "The data shows that right from the start the right rear brake was holding," he explained. "The damage was just increasing and it was like driving with the handbrake on. This explains why the car was difficult to drive in some corners, while it was fine at the start." For the current world champion

Mar232024 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Sainz surprised himself with second place

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Carlos Sainz was extremely pleased with his second place in today's qualifying. As he pointed out, after the removal of the appendix, which caused him to miss the last race in Jeddah, he still does not feel optimal, but he is sovereign enough in the car to fight for the top places. "It's been quite a challenging period for me. First the surgery, then recovery in bed. For a long time I didn't even know if I would be able to compete this weekend. To reach second place, after being in first place for most of the qualification is incredible." "I am happy that we are competing with Red Bull. Yesterday I was still a bit out of shape. It was known that I missed one race and that I could not train much in between. Fortunately, I was quickly among the best. I must admit that in I still don't feel the best about the racing car, but not this one

Mar22024 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Red Bull celebrated a double victory at the opening race of the season in Bahrain

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Max Verstappen's top starting position in the opening race of the 2024 season in Bahrain celebrated a dominant victory in the dominant style in which he finished last year. The Red Bull Racing team's team success was completed by Sergio Perez, who finished 20 seconds behind the current world champion and four seconds ahead of Spain's Carlos Sainz in a Ferrari. Sainz's teammate Charles Leclerc was fourth, and Mercedes driver George Russell was fifth. https://twitter.com/F1/status/1763966503274090817 The race went without interruption, and all 20 racers made it to the finish line. Lando Norris also won points in the race for sixth place, Lewis Hamilton was seventh, Oscar Piastri eighth, Fernando Alonso ninth, and Lance Stroll won the last point in tenth place

Mar12024 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Sainz's last training session before qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix

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Carlos Sainz set the fastest time in the Ferrari SF24 in the final free practice before the afternoon qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso placed second ahead of Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris and George Russell. Oscar Piastri was seventh, Sergio Perez eighth, Nico Hulkenberg ninth, and Lance Stroll tenth.

Dec32023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Leclerc signed a 5-year contract with Ferrari

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According to the Italian Gazzetta dello Sport, Charles Leclerc is expected to sign a new contract with Ferrari, which will be valid until the end of 2029, and the Monaco native will earn 50 million euros with it. While team-mate Carlos Sainz is still negotiating a new contract, Leclerc is said to have certain guarantees about the race car's competitiveness in the third year of his contract, which will allow him to terminate early. He is expected to make 25 million in the first year, and then more each season, up to 50 million in the final season of the contract. Although Leclerc's future is thus resolved, negotiations with Sainz are still ongoing. Although the Spaniard was the only non-Red Bull driver to win in 2023, they clearly do not want a long-term involvement with Ferrari, so they are offering him a one-year contract

Nov182023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Ferrari fastest in qualifying in Las Vegas

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Charles Leclerc won the best starting position for the 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix. His team mate Carlos Sainz finished the qualification in second place, but he will start in twelfth place, due to the replacement of damaged parts of the racing car after free practice. https://twitter.com/F1/status/1725801752501354924 Max Verstappen, who has already become world champion for the 2023 season, was third in qualifying, George Russell fourth. Pierre Gasly was fifth, but surprisingly the two Williams racers reached Q3 in qualifying and placed in an excellent sixth and seventh place. Alex Albon was faster than the home racer, Logan Sargeant, and after Sainz's penalty both start the race one place higher. The eighth qualifying time was set by Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), ninth by Kevin Mag

Sep172023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Sainz's risky tactic with the help of Norris paid off

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At the race in Singapore, Carlos Sainz defended his victory with a smart tactic, when he allowed Lando Norris to use DRS, with which the young Briton successfully defended himself against the faster Mercedes racers. The Singapore Grand Prix came alive when the virtual safety car gave the Mercedes drivers the chance to change tires due to Esteban Ocon's stopped car. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were faster on the new medium hard tires than the leader Sainz, who was directly behind him giving Norris the opportunity to use DRS by ensuring that the gap to the McLaren at the detection point was less than a second. Norris was thus able to defend himself, but with three laps to go Russell attacked him and Sainz even had to slow down to pull McLaren's t behind him again

Sep172023 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Carlos Sainz won an exciting F1 race in Singapore

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Carlos Sainz ended Max Verstappen's 1-race winning streak in a thrilling F1 Singapore Grand Prix. The Dutchman had his worst race weekend of the season, starting from eleventh to finish fifth in the no-overtaking street race, a consolation prize for the two-time world champion after a safety car mishap even dropped to fifteenth place in part of the race. https://twitter.com/F1703433766914392544/status/XNUMX Sainz successfully fought off attacks from the British, George Russell (Mercedes), Lando Norris ( McLaren) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), and celebrated his second victory