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Formula One F1 – Bahrain Grand Prix – Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain – March 19, 2022 Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. before qualifying. Pool via REUTERS/Giuseppe Cacace
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Formula One F1 – Bahrain Grand Prix – Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain – March 19, 2022 Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. before qualifying. Pool via REUTERS/Giuseppe Cacace
Well, it’s safe to say that the Bahrain Grand Prix has really delivered. The Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were going all guns blazing during the race. But the Spanish driver had a hairy moment in the middle of the race when he almost collide with Williams’ driver Alex Albon.
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Sainz was running comfortably in P3 and was defending his position from Red Bull driver Sergio Perez. But suddenly the Williams of Albon came and interrupted the battle and went wheel-to-wheel with Sainz.
Albon was coming out of the pits and did not have the grip and temperature in his tires and almost touched Sainz.
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Carlos Sainz avoided a coming together with Alex Albon
Sainz was not too impressed by the maneuver made by the British driver and quickly complained on the radio to his team. “Oh my god, that guy nearly crashed into me,” said Sainz.
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Twitter too was taken aback by the battle and gave their reactions on the platform.
"Oh my god, that guy nearly crashed into me" says Sainz, nearly vulnerable to Albon into Turn 1 as the Thai driver left the pits. Sainz has, erm, previous experience of that – having been the aggressor a few years ago. #F1
— Autosport Live (@autosportlive) March 20, 2022
Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon nearly crash.#Formula1 #F1 #BahrainGP #Ferrari #Willaims pic.twitter.com/nD8wdzVUzd
— Formula One Clips (@f1_liveclips) March 20, 2022
Jeeeeeez. Albon almost goes into the side of Sainz at Turn 1. Change of underwear for Car 55 #BahrainGP #WTF1
— WTF1 (@wtf1official) March 20, 2022
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Formula One F1 – Bahrain Grand Prix – Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain – March 20, 2022, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. in action during the race REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Sainz started the race from P3 after missing out on the pole by 0.129s from his teammate Charles Leclerc. But he was happy that he could contend in the battle, as he mentioned he was struggling throughout the weekend.
“It’s been a very difficult weekend for me. I’ve been slow, simple as that. Charles has been doing a much better job than me all weekend, and I have been playing catch-up. Honestly, there’s been points this weekend that I was very far behind, so by the time I hit quali and I was fighting for pole, I was a bit more relieved,” said Sainz.
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It would be interesting to see if Sainz can catch up to his teammate in the coming races and become a contender for the championship. What do you think? Can Sainz challenge for the title? Let us know.
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