Officer. The organization itself Formula 1 a few minutes ago released an official statement in which it reported that Carlos Sainz, Ferrari driver from Madrid, will not compete in the Saudi Arabia GP due to untimely appendicitis.
At the same time, the Italian team itself published a message on its social networks in which it reported that The man from Madrid will undergo surgery in the next few hours (in fact, some last minute information says he is already undergoing surgery) and starting in FP3 and for the rest of the weekend, He will be replaced by reserve driver Oliver Bearman. Oliver will not participate again in this round of the F2 Championship. The statement concludes with the Ferrari family wishing Carlos a speedy recovery.
The Ferrari publication was filled, almost immediately, by many messages of support from various F1 world championship teams (McLaren, Alpine, Aston Martin, Mercedes) and even some championship driverslike Williams’ Alex Albon.
Now it has become official, but it has been Antonio Lobatoone of the most knowledgeable and connected journalists within Formula 1, made the ‘hare jump’ and the rumor began to spread rapidly through the networks.
The famous F1 race narrator reported on his personal X account that Carlos Sainz may miss this weekend’s Saudi Arabia GP due to… appendicitis!
Lobato’s original message was as follows:
“It’s not official yet, it’s not confirmed yet, but Carlos Sainz might not run this weekend. They’re doing tests to confirm if it’s appendicitis before undergoing surgery. I insist, it’s not official yet…”
Now, as we said, it is.
This statement puts an end to all the rumors and speculations that have appeared in recent days regarding the intriguing ‘absence’ of the Madrid pilot since his arrival in Saudi Arabia.
Without going further, the Madrid driver traveled to the Jeddah circuit on Wednesday to attend the media but He had to go back to the hotel because he was not in a good mood.
The man from Madrid was not summoned for the official FIA press conference but he will attend the media sent to the Saudi circuit.
At first it was thought that it might be a simple illness of the Madrid pilot, as the Ferrari driver completed yesterday’s free practice sessions, although not at 100% due to a fever.
Therefore it is a day to hurry and not look at the time table. Despite this, the Madrid native managed to finish 7th in Free Practice 2.
Sainz himself said after the session that “it was obviously a very difficult day after being sick for the last 24 hours. My goal today was to gain confidence and to be able to continue with the car without pushing it to the limit and we finished the program without a problem. ” , he explained in a voice note sent by Ferrari to the press.
But, in the end and despite the enormous effort made and Sainz’s desire to race in Jeddah, an untimely appendicitis will rule him out for the Saudi Arabia GP. Let’s see how long he will be out. The next GP is in Australia in a few weeks. We will see.
Source: La Verdad
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