Carlos Sainz in celebration at Monza
Formula 1, times
Carlos Sainz è made himself and gave all Ferrari fans a nice birthday present.
The Spanish driver, on the day he blew out twenty-nine candles, achieved the best time in the second free practice session of the Italian Grand Prix, the fourteenth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship.
Second at just 19 thousandths Lando Norris (McLaren), third at 185 Sergio Perez (Red Bull), who è also ended up on the wall at the Parabolica exit, causing the second red flag of the session.
Only fifth Max Verstappen at 276 thousandths, sixth Charles Leclerc on the other Ferrari at 361.
These are all the times:
1 Carlos SAINZ Ferrari1:21.355 4
2 Lando NORRIS McLaren+0.019 4
3 Sergio PEREZ Red Bull Racing+0.185 4
4 Oscar PIASTRI McLaren+0.190 4
5 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing+0.276 4
6 Charles LECLERC Ferrari+0.361 4
7 Alexander ALBON Williams+0.624 4
8 Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin+0.716 2
9 George RUSSELL Mercedes+0.821 3
10 Nico HULKENBERG Haas F1 Team+0.936 4
11 Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team+1.219 4
12 Valtteri BOTTAS Alfa Romeo+1.240 4
13 Pierre GASLY Alpine+1.296 3
14 Yuki TSUNODA AlphaTauri+1.341 6
15 Esteban OCON Alpine+1.361 4
16 Logan SARGEANT Williams+1.400 5
17 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes+1.428 4
18 Liam LAWSON AlphaTauri+1.812 4
19 Guanyu ZHOU Alfa Romeo+1.991 4
20 Lance STROLL Aston Martin- – 1