Sainz and the possibility of risking the Australian GP race: “I’m not stupid”

Carlos Sainz He missed the last Saudi Arabian GP because of a untimely appendicitis.

A few weeks later, the Spanish Ferrari driver acknowledged, before the start of the Australian GPthat not yet 100% recovered after the surgical operation he underwent.

however, Sainz remains confident in his ability to drive in F1’s 2024 Australian GP which will be held this weekend at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, despite not having done any practice or gone through the Maranello simulator since his medical withdrawal.

“First of all, I just watch myself move and the exercises I do in the gym and All this tells me I’m in a position to get in the car tomorrow and give it a trysaid Carlos Sainz. “However, I’m not stupid, and if I don’t feel good tomorrow, I’ll be the first to raise my hand and say I need two more weeks before the next race.“.

The man from Madrid plans to lead the SF-24 in Free practice Friday in Melbournewith the Adjustments in belts to make you more comfortableand then evaluate the situation, at the same time the FIA ​​evaluates its evolution.

The Spaniard admitted that “I saw things a bit darker” in the days after the operation that left him out of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but insisted he was improving every day: “Every day I feel better. Now, every 24 hours that go by, I get a lot done.”

“I’m sure I’ll get in the car tomorrow and I’ll do well. I’ve made a very strong recovery plan since the first day I got home to be ready for this race, I’ll get in the car tomorrow and see what I feel, but I’m positive.”

“Tomorrow I have another FIA test, and they are monitoring my progress,” he admitted. “Me too I am the first person who doesn’t want to get sick, suffer, or make things worse.. So I’m not stupidand it will be very clear to me and to everyone.

If needed, Oliver Bearman, who replaced him in the last race, will be ready He was waiting in case he sat down.