“Ferrari is back, the hard work has paid off,” Carlos Sainz after securing a P2 finish at Bahrain GP

“Ferrari is back, the hard work has paid off,” Carlos Sainz after securing a P2 finish at Bahrain GP

Carlos Sainz

The first race of the 2022 F1 season, the Bahrain Grand Prix concluded with a colossal 1-2 podium finish secured by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz respectively. After qualifying at P3 at the qualifying race ahead of the main race of Bahrain Grand Prix, Sainz one-upped his starting position in the race from P3 to finishing it off in style at P2.

The Spaniard highlighted the struggles that Ferrari had to deal with in the last few seasons as they went a total of 910 days without a win since 2019 in a post-race interview2. This amazing start to the season could possibly mean good days ahead for the Italian-based racing team if they manage to keep the same consistency and not diminish their progress made.

He also congratulated his teammate Charles Leclerc who won the Bahrain Grand Prix tonight with utmost smoothness apart from a duel with defending world champion Max Verstappen in lap 17, 18 and 19 for taking the lead.

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“It’s been a tricky weekend, I won’t lie” : Carlos Sainz highlights Ferrari’s problems

Carlos Sainz with teammate Charles Leclerc(on his left)
Carlos Sainz with teammate Charles Leclerc(on his left)

“It’s been a very tricky weekend, I won’t lie,” said the Spaniard. “I didn’t have the pace today but I managed to hold in there and bring the one-two for the team. I have some homework to do over the next few days and I’m sure I’ll come back stronger,” added the first runner up of the Bahrain GP tonight.

He highlighted on how he made his move for securing a P2 after noticing visible problems with Max Verstappen’s RB18 towards the end of the race when the backlights of his car started going off.

He did however remark on how good Verstappen was today until having to deal with the evident steering issues which made him retire his car. Sainz also mentioned that it is what it is and at the end of the day Verstappen retiring his car resulted in a favourable outcome for Ferrari.

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