MADRID, 23 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Spanish driver Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) has assured that to have achieved pole in the Australian Grand Prix he would have had to have done “a perfect lap” and have been “100%”, something difficult after “a couple of very hard weeks.” ” after his appendicitis operation.
“I think you can fight (with the Red Bulls). Today, to take pole, I would have had to have done a perfect lap and have been at 100%. Obviously, I am not even at 100% and I have not been able to do the lap either. perfect, but it is normal and we have to look at it with positivity and be proud to be here,” he told DAZN after the qualifying session.
In this sense, he revealed that on Sunday he will go “forever.” “Let’s see how I feel, it will also depend a little on that, because so far I have done 15-20 laps per session. Tomorrow I have to do 56 in a row, which is quite a bit more, so I hope to recover a little more tomorrow and be within top,” he wished.
Furthermore, the Madrid native was “very happy” with his performance this Saturday, just two weeks after having surgery for appendicitis and missing the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. “The more I see it in perspective, the happier I am. It’s been a very hard couple of weeks, many days in bed,” he said.
“Even if you tell me six days ago, I was feeling bad and I thought I wasn’t going to make it. Then on Sunday I started to make a lot of progress and I flew to Australia. I improved a lot in the second week and that allowed me to get into the car this Friday “he explained. “Despite not being at 100% and feeling a little strange, I was able to do several strong laps today and get on the front row,” he said.