Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz finished third behind the two Red Bulls at the Bahrain Grand Prix.©AFP
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will return to the wheel at the Australian Grand Prix this week after recovering from appendicitis surgery, the team said on Wednesday. The Spaniard missed the final Formula 1 race in Saudi Arabia and was replaced by 18-year-old British reserve driver Oliver Bearman. The teenage rookie finished an impressive seventh on his debut, driving with the cool composure of an experienced campaigner, underlining his immense potential. But with Sainz recovering, Bellman will return to Formula 2.
“Carlos Sainz, who missed Jeddah with appendicitis, is expected to return to racing,” Ferrari said in a race preview.
Sainz finished third in the season-opening race in Bahrain, behind winner Max Verstappen and Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez.
Red Bull repeated the one-two feat in Jeddah, with Sainz’s team-mate Charles Leclerc completing the podium.
“We want to be the front-runners at this circuit, which could result in a similar race sequence to Jeddah,” Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur said of Melbourne’s Albert Park.
“We intend to take an aggressive approach with the aim of putting pressure on the teams that won the first two races.”
Sainz will leave Ferrari at the end of the season to make way for seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes.
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