The Spanish driver Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) will be absent from the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix, which is held at the Jeddah circuit, suffering from appendicitis, the Italian team reported this morning in a statement.
Sainz, who will have to undergo surgery, according to Ferrari, will be replaced from the third practice session, which takes place today, and the rest of the Grand Prix by the reserve driver, the British Oliver Bearman.
“The Ferrari family wishes Carlos a speedy recovery,” concludes the message from the ‘Scuderia’ about the Madrid native, who was third in the first race of the season, the Bahrain Grand Prix, and who on the training day of the Thursday he took to the track with a fever, despite which he was sixth and seventh in the two sessions.
This operation comes after the driver competed in the first free practice session on Thursday with a fever. A day later his discharge was confirmed. The Madrid native had started the season in top form and being superior to his teammate Charles Leclerc.
