Jeremy Clarkson reveals great F1 concern after Carlos Sainz’s comeback win.
Celebrity F1 fan Jeremy Clarkson is concerned that modern grand prix cars are too simple to drive after Carlos Sainz won in Australia despite having appendix surgery.
Ferrari driver Sainz won his third career race at Albert Park last month, just two weeks after being ruled out of the previous race in Saudi Arabia due to appendicitis.
Jeremy Clarkson questions Carlos Sainz’s Australia Formula One heroics.
Sainz revealed the degree of his physical agony during the race weekend in Melbourne, stating after qualifying that he had spent “a tough couple of weeks” in bed preparing for his return.
The 29-year-old admitted that he was driving with “a lot of discomfort and strange feelings but no pain,” allowing him to go all out.
With Sainz praised for his courageous achievement, former Top Gear host Clarkson has stated that the Ferrari driver’s victory adds to proof that F1 vehicles have become too easy to operate.
Clarkson wrote in his column for The Sun: “Just a few days after having his appendix removed, Ferrari Formula One driver Carlos Sainz flew to Australia, stepped into his car, and won the race.
“Of course, many people saw this as a heroic demonstration of stiff-upper-lip tenacity and spunk.
“I wonder, however. We keep hearing that these Formula One cars are road-going war planes.
“They’re a volcanic orgy of noise and G-forces. And that controlling one requires superhuman abilities.
“Really? I only ask because Carlos, shown in the hospital, was clearly in pain prior to the race, but he appeared to manage for nearly two hours in the car.
“That leads me to assume that strolling up to a Formula One
Sainz is the second driver to experience appendicitis in the recent 18 months, following Williams driver Alex Albon, who was forced to miss the 2022 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
Albon, who had respiratory difficulties following his appendix surgery procedure, returned to the cockpit three weeks later, at the Singapore race.
Speaking in Melbourne, Sainz said that Albon had informed him what to anticipate as he returned to racing with Ferrari.
He said, “I believe it is exactly what Alex told me before getting in the car.
“He explained that when he had his appendix removed, the G-force caused everything on the inside to move faster than usual.
“You need confidence to brace the core, and the
“There is no discomfort, no need to worry. It’s just an unusual sensation that you have to get used to while driving.
“Especially on circuits where we’re doing five or six G in some of the braking zones and corners. Obviously, everything is moving, but without pain, and I can live with it and adjust to it as well.”
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