Heavy accident for Carlos Sainz at the F1 Abu Dhabi GP

Carlos Sainz wants to forget the bad luck he suffered at the Las Vegas GP and end the season with a good taste in his mouth at the final round of the season in Abu Dhabi. However, the weekend did not start in the best way for the Spaniard, as he suffered a serious accident in the second Free Practice of the Abu Dhabi GP, which violently affected the protections of Turn 3.

After an unrepresentative first free practice session in which the Spaniard made some adjustments and height changes that did not give good results, Carlos Sainz took to the track in Free Practice 2 with the aim of finding the key to the adjustment of your Ferrari SF23 in more representative conditions.

In the first session, the Ferrari showed signs of excessive bounce and in the area of ​​turns 2 and 3, Shwartzman, a young driver who replaced Leclerc in Free Practice 1, was on the verge of losing control of his car because on that bounce. where Ferrari had to work by adjusting the heights to find the best compromise between the maximum load and the lowest possible height of the car.

However, at the start of Free Practice 2, that rebound, combined with a loss of grip due to the dirty air emitted by the car he was chasing, caused him to lose control of his Ferrari at turn 3 and crash into the outer that protection. at speed. high speed. The car was destroyed on its left side and it remains to be seen whether Ferrari will have to replace the gearbox.

“I crashed, guys. Dirty air from the car (in front). It made me spin big. Dirty air and the boat, I think,” Sainz said on the radio.

So far, Sainz has been hurt a lot by this accident because he was unable to take advantage of the opportunity to ride in the important Free Practice 2 to find the best set-up for the car, in addition to gaining confidence for the open qualifying and collecting the very important data.on long runs and tire wear.