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Ferrari really thought they were doing something by dropping Sainz, didn't they? The good operator's return after a smooth operation when his Appendix exploded mid-race at the weekend in Jeddah saw Ferrari take the top step, with the Spaniard adding another victory to his repertoire, not only making the Scuderia look Pretty stupid in the big race. scheme of things, but once again showing a coolness in racing that his teammate can't seem to replicate beyond one lap. The Australian Grand Prix threw up an absolute smorgasbord of racing splendor, with impressive driving moments offset by technical errors and another high-profile incident on the final lap of the race.

Some Gs moved quietly like Lasagne, like Yuki Tsunoda and the McLarens, capping tidy weekends with impressive points, while those who spoke most after the race sounded like pessimists, stating that the problems were beyond their control and that They had the feeling that the world was against them. Do you want to know how the Australian Grand Prix developed? It was a real rollercoaster and some drivers probably should have kept their mouths shut at the Media Pen. And stay, because it was an unforgettable weekend for the two most dominant teams of the last decade, and in dramatic fashion!

Because it wasn't just Max's rear tire that proved explosive during the Australian Grand Prix weekend. Sainz did well to stay in attack range from the start, while yes, Max reported after the race that he had problems practically from the start and that his right rear brake was, in his words, "stuck", Sainz took advantage of the first signs. of Max showing vulnerability. Not only that, but in the second stint Sainz did his best impression of the Dutch driver, stretching his legs to keep the driver closest to him, his Ferrari teammate Charles Lecler, firmly behind, opening up an 8-second gap over his 6th. - Returned with newer hard tires, which he then replicated in the third stint, demonstrating a dominant drive until the end.

Surely this weekend will be the moment when Carlos Sainz secures his position for next year. It doesn't necessarily mean he has a team ready, but losing a driver of this quality and poise would be the biggest non-fatal or injury-related loss of an active driver since Nico Rosberg, or potentially even since Mika Hakkinen. Sainz supposedly had little physical preparation for the race, having limited training time and losing a few kilos of weight (including an appendix) in recent weeks. If anyone didn't know the difficult situation Sainz has faced in recent weeks, then Sainz's discomfort would only have become evident when he cautiously got out of his Ferrari after parking in P1.

Fred Vasseur, clearly happy for Sainz, quipped "maybe we should have surgery every week" and Sainz recommended his fellow drivers get theirs done this week in a rather tongue-in-cheek interview with Guenther Steiner before the podium. The sheer determination shown by the Spanish driver this season, from putting in a full day of testing despite his appendage being on the brink, to a Verstappen-style fade away along the way, has been impressive and every team on the grid will surely have paid. attention. It seems we are once again witnessing a certified cerebral moment from Ferrari, letting go of one of the most complete drivers on the grid, swapping him for a seemingly jaded seven-time world champion in the twilight of his career, and holding a lap .

Specialist with a lack of killer instinct during a career period. Whoever ends up with Carlos Sainz as driver next season will surely not be able to believe his luck, or possibly Ferrari's lack of vision in dropping Sainz. Both Red Bull drivers complained of rear-end problems, pointing to an inherent problem with the setup. While it doesn't necessarily mean that the Red Bulls will be inherently weaker on the hottest weekends of the season, it could indicate that the front-end adjustments made to alleviate Sergio Pérez's problem were only resolved in the race due to the Limited long-term free practices.

Max had fallen slightly behind in the practice sessions, which were more inclined towards longer races, and then came back to life in the short run elements of the session and subsequently secured first position in the standings. The worrying thing for Red Bull is that by making the changes that allowed Perez to drive more comfortably and avoid a second explosion at the Milton Keynes team's right rear, virtually any semblance of pace from the number 11 car was nullified. While Perez has finished far behind his teammate in every race so far this season, that deficit still left him in second place and ahead of the rest of the field.

We imagine Max would still be there and probably make the difference, but it's still much closer than any race in recent years apart from Carlos Sainz's last win in Singapore. Is the problem that the car was managing just an anomaly and specific to the weekend? Or could this be something we'll see in the hottest races throughout the rest of the year, where high speed and intense heat could combine to prove problematic for the Red Bull team again? What would have been more worrying for Red Bull is for Sergio Perez to insist after the race that the pace simply wasn't in the car, rejecting any suggestion that the problems Max faced were the reason for his lackluster performance, as Sergio said. : "Unfortunately we didn't have the rhythm.

We had problems from the beginning and we could see that Ferrari and McLaren were one step ahead of us. I think we couldn't achieve balance. There is work to do for the next races." It was a unique asphalt. Throughout the weekend we were not able to achieve the best level of grip possible. "As a team, we just didn't have the rhythm today, we didn't have the rhythm throughout the weekend. of week. We were already struggling from Friday and never got to the top of the tire management." McLaren secured a discreet second-row finish, with the Woking team securing their best points haul of the season and calmly keeping Leclerc at their side. reach and Pérez comfortably behind, Lando Norris seemed to have taken the brunt despite staying within reach of Sainz in front, while his teammate boxed to cover Charles Leclerc's Ferrari, although everything stabilized at the end of the race, with Piastri, playing the team game incredibly professionally and allowing the race to unfold by letting his teammate on newer tires pass with a ruthlessness now expected from the Australian, who had a tidy race in his home county, perhaps finally giving Australians some hope that they may finally see an Australian in the top step, a feat that has never happened in the 38 events in the country.

Hamilton's misery was only compounded by seeing his teammate handle the car better once again and the man he's putting up. Challenge shoes in front. Even before any sign of an engine problem, Hamilton never quite mastered the car, which certainly made the first three races of this season unforgettable moments for the seven-time world champion. Despite saying that he is trying to keep a positive outlook and that everything could be much worse, Lewis had this to say after his exit from the race: "I think it's hard on the spirit," he said. “I think for everyone on the team, when there is so much work during the winter for everyone, you come in excited, motivated and motivated, and then you have the mentality that you are going to fight for wins. “And obviously that's not the case.

And then you say, "he's okay, maybe second, third." No, it is not the case and it falls a little lower. And you just go through the motions. He is defiant. After a fairly bleak review of the season so far, Hamilton would go on to offer a typical Hamilton perspective, but there was certainly an unexpected twist at the end of a man who so often takes the future into his own hands and maintained a dominant position. sense of control over the sport for three-quarters of a decade, as Lewis' positivity seemed to come from one thing. His belief that none of this is because of him and that the problems the team faces are inherent to the team, not the driver: “But I continue to be inspired by the people I've worked with. “They continue to work hard and show up and that is the most important thing.” He added: “I think it's easy to get caught up in the moment and focus on one thing, but the bigger picture is definitely the focus of the moment, and also realizing that you can't control everything. "It's like if you get frustrated because you're not in control, you can just go with the flow and just be in the moment and that's really... it's not great, I'm not happy, but I'm going to have a great day tomorrow." It wasn't all plain sailing for team-mate George Russell, as a disastrous weekend for Mercedes culminated in another incident on the British driver's final lap, and once again it appeared to be down to nothing more than driver error.

This marks the second such incident in 10 races for Russell, who fell in much smaller stakes, chasing Fernando Alonso for sixth position. However, after the race it seemed that not everything was as simple as just "George just dropped him", with Mercedes asking the stewards to take a closer look and the team suspecting Alonso of controlling Russel's brakes in the period. prior to the incident. It became clear that George appeared to lose downforce as he approached Alonso, causing the car to come loose. George took responsibility for the incident, however, he made his suspicions known in an interview after the race, when he said: "My opinion is that I went off and that's my fault, I was half a second behind Fernando, 100 meters before the curve". and all of a sudden he came at me really fast and I was right in his gearbox. "We are going towards the stewards, which is a bit strange in a circumstance like this.

I have nothing more to say, I need to see everything except a little disappointed." When asked if Alonso's brakes tested him, he added: "It's clear that he braked 100 meters before the curve and then accelerated again and took the curve normally. I'm not going to accuse him of anything until we've seen more. "We've already seen the data on that, so I'm not going to accuse him. You're welcome until we've seen more, but I was right behind him for many, many laps, half a second behind him approaching the corner and then suddenly he slowed down very dramatically and pulled away from the power.

After the trip to the stewards, it was announced that Fernando Alonso would receive a 20 second penalty, which would return him to eighth position (which in turn has promoted Tsunoda and his teammate to seventh and sixth position respectively) due to erratic driving. We have yet to hear much reaction to this, but for Fernando to receive 3 penalty points and, through association, to be more or less blamed for such a dangerous accident, is really not a good look for the two-time champion who is currently making a examination of conscience. about his position in the sport. I guess George wasn't entirely to blame for the incident after all, maybe he could have handled the series of events better, but Fernando Alonso's slap on the wrist got him a get out of jail free card.