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ACTUALIDAD24/03/2024
Scuderia Ferrari had a better weekend in Australia with Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc securing the team’s 86th one-two and 244th win.
He scored the maximum of 44 points thanks to the Monegasque driver who also took the bonus point for the fastest lap in the race. This means that, in his 59th season, the team has at least one win under its belt and is now only 4 points behind the championship leader, while Charles is the same distance from Max Verstappen in the drivers’ standings. Carlos is 11 points behind after missing a race.
Sainz will certainly be remembered for his third Formula 1 victory, all with Ferrari and on the Scuderia’s all-time winners list, putting him tied with 4 world champions, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill and Jody Scheckter. Incredibly, the Spaniard appeared to shake off the effects of his appendectomy 16 days ago and without delay put pressure on Verstappen. On the second lap, while the Dutchman was in difficulty, Carlos took the opportunity to take the credit and then accumulated all of his physical and intellectual strength to stay focused and run at an incredibly stable pace. He was also one of the most productive when it came to managing his tires. He finished three stints, starting with the medium before stopping on laps 16 and 41 to take on the tough guys each time. He faced his closest pursuers and kept the stage under control, only slowing down when he found himself in the 3rd sector, on the penultimate lap, when the race was neutralized after an impressive fall by George Russell, from which He came out unharmed. The icing on the cake was that Carlos won the fan vote for “Driver of the Day. ”
Charles also showed a very clever drive to get a well-deserved second place, which is very vital in terms of the championship. Starting fourth, he made a better undercut on lap nine to overtake Lando Norris. Then, in the final stint, he completed the task by pushing the Englishman who was running on tyres six laps newer than his own. In the end, he also made sure to score some other valuable points by setting the fastest lap of the race.
Carlos Sainz: “What a rollercoaster!I felt smart in the car from the first lap and after overtaking Max (Verstappen), while I was outdoors, I started to pick up a strong speed that took me all the way to the finish line, getting the first win of the season. I’m also pleased that George is doing well after his heavy crash.
“The team deserves this one-two, we did a job all weekend, from FP1 to the last lap. We had a very good race, we had the right strategy and the mechanics were amazing in delivering quick and accurate pit stops each and every time. time.
“Congratulations to everyone! Let’s take this momentum to all of Japan!Let’s go!”
Charles Leclerc: “It’s been a very smart weekend for the team. We maximised our problems and left nothing on the table, winning a one-two and the fastest lap.
“Carlos did some homework today. For my part, I had a first stint and we controlled to get ahead of Lando (Norris) at the pit stop. I struggled with graining on my first set of hards and had more speed in the last stint of Hards’ second set, managing the gap to Lando.
“We have a season with 3 weekends where we fully exploited our prospects, which feels smart and is a testament to all the hard work our team has put in over the past few months. “
Fred Vasseur, Team Principal: “Today I would like to congratulate the whole team, because they all did a very good job and this one-two finish is a compliment to the work that started last season and continues now on the track and not behind. Of course, Carlos deserves a special mention, because a little more than two weeks ago he underwent surgery. Now it’s as if it never happened and he managed to stay on target throughout the match, to complete a sensational weekend.
Charles also showed great functionality because, after a not-so-perfect qualifying, he had to manage the tyres, but he was able to fight thanks to the functionality that the car gave him. He did very well in the first and last stints. And the fastest lap he set at the end confirms the progress we’ve made in terms of tyre management.
“We were fast all weekend from the first free practice and I think we made a smart step forward compared to last year when we came out of Melbourne without having managed to score any points. We were not disappointed with our effects in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. , and we’re not going to get carried away by this double either. We want to continue with this technique in the next races because it’s the only way to get the spin we want. “
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