“I find it a challenge as an athlete”: Carlos Sainz explains why he took extra scans for back pain

“I find it a challenge as an athlete”: Carlos Sainz explains why he took extra scans for back pain

Carlos Sainz

The problem of porpoising has been plaguing the racers in F1 ever since the start of this season. While teams like Red Bull and Haas had found the solution to this issue much earlier than their competitors, Mercedes has been at the forefront for being one of the most prominent teams that have borne the brunt of the porpoising troubles. And now, Ferrari racer Carlos Sainz has also become vocal about this topic after he experienced excruciating back pain at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as his F1-75 bounced all through the long straights in the Baku City Circuit.

In a recent interview, Carlos Sainz revealed that his team had made him go through a series of tests and therapy to correct his back pain from the porpoising, before he sets foot in the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal this weekend. The Spaniard also spoke about how this issue has been raised by many of the drivers to the FIA and he hopes the authorities take a decision which aids them all regarding the porpoising problem.

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Carlos Sainz believes porpoising has caused him severe back pain at the Azerbaijan GP

Ferrari recruit Carlos Sainz is not having the best of his time in this season of F1 2022 because of the repeated retirements that he has had to go through in the last few races. While we are eight races into this year’s Championship, the Spaniard has already retired from three of them. Such an alarming data is not going to assure Sainz as he goes for another round of racing in the Canadian Grand Prix.

While talking about the procedures that he has gone through to check on his back pain after the Azerbaijan race, Carlos Sainz said,  “I’ve had a few extra physiotherapy sessions with Rupert [Manwaring], my trainer.

“[I’ve had] a few extra scans to try and see what is going on, to see if there is anything to be monitoring or to take extra care on.

“We have also done some extra mobility sessions because this [the bouncing] makes you tighter, less flexible, having less mobility so you put in more of that to compensate.

“So you’re having to do some compensation for these cars in your training and in the way you manage your days and your training plan, which I find is, actually, a challenge as an athlete but it is part of the process.“

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