{"id":32492,"date":"2024-03-22T17:52:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T14:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/32492\/ferraris-sainz-has-no-issues\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T17:52:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T14:52:56","slug":"ferraris-sainz-has-no-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=32492","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari&#8217;s Sainz has &#8216;no issues&#8217; after return from illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari&#8217;s Sainz has &#8216;no issues&#8217; after return from illness\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Laurence Edmondson, F1 editor<span class=\"timestamp \">March 22, 2024, 8:05 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>\u2022 Joined ESPN in 2009<br \/>\u2022 F1 journalist accredited by the FIA \u200b\u200bsince 2011<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>MELBOURNE, Australia \u2014 Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz says he experienced &#8220;no problems&#8221; after returning to the cockpit of his Formula One car for the first time since undergoing surgery to remove his appendix there two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Sainz completed 48 laps of the Albert Park circuit in the first two free practice sessions for this weekend&#39;s Australian Grand Prix and set the third fastest time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Unlapped: How to listen or watch the ESPN F1 broadcast<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old missed the Saudi Grand Prix two weeks ago after being diagnosed with appendicitis on the morning of qualifying day, but looks set to make a full comeback in this year&#39;s race. weekend in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel good, obviously a little tired after testing and I&#39;m not 100% physically,\u201d he said after the second practice session.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I felt like I had a good day and managed to do the whole program. If you had told me a <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">week<\/a> ago that I could have done all the tests without problems, I &#39;would have been very happy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#39;m very happy with it. Obviously I need a good night&#39;s sleep and a good recovery for tomorrow. I felt good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the second of two practice sessions, Sainz was 0.430 seconds off the best time of the day set by teammate Charles Leclerc, but he is confident he will be closer in qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Charles looked very fast today,\u201d he added.  \u201cFor my part obviously, I took it step by step and I put it into rhythm, not to the limit of the car and not yet to the limit of myself.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Carlos Sainz missed the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after suffering from appendicitis. <cite>Kym Illman\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;But I think with more laps and being a little more confident with how I feel inside. I think I will be faster tomorrow and hopefully I will fight for that pole position with him against everyone because I think it&#39;s going to be tight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We saw it in FP1, in FP2 I think we took a good step forward. I think qualifying tomorrow will be more like FP1.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Leclerc said he believes Ferrari has its best opportunity this year to beat Max Verstappen to pole position after the Red Bull driver secured pole and race victory in the first two grand prix of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say we are in a better position than in the first two races,\u201d Leclerc said.  \u201cHowever, Red Bull hasn&#39;t pushed yet, so we have to wait and see where their potential lies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s still a way to go, but we might have our best chance this weekend since the weekend started.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari&#8217;s Sainz has &#8216;no issues&#8217; after return from illness\u060c Laurence Edmondson, F1 editorMarch 22, 2024, 8:05 a.m. Close \u2022 Joined ESPN in 2009\u2022 F1 journalist accredited by the FIA \u200b\u200bsince 2011 MELBOURNE, Australia \u2014 Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz says he experienced &#8220;no problems&#8221; after returning to the cockpit of his Formula One car for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3208,10837,352,625,10680],"class_list":["post-32492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-ferraris","tag-illness","tag-issues","tag-return","tag-sainz"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32494,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32492\/revisions\/32494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}