The Ferrari did not perform well in the Mexican GPwhich made Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc will finish in fifth and sixth position, respectively. This made the Mercedes cut the distance in the constructors’ world championship, but those of Maranello They will seek to ensure runner-up in the next test Brazil.
At the end of the race, Carlos Sainz had trouble getting out of his car. He was unable to remove the car’s headrest, which prevented him from getting out. This made his mechanics had to come to help him to get him out of the car. It is also possible that sainz he would finish the race very tired and that would cause it to cost him more than normal to remove the headrest from the car.
However, it is noteworthy that when Sainz left in Austria Y fire started coming out of the engine coverthe Spaniard quickly got out of the car, without having to remove that part of the ferrari.
Carlos still had a little bit of a problem getting out of his car after the race. pic.twitter.com/uLnOX8pQYS
— Chanel⁵⁵ (@Carlos55edits) October 30, 2022
Two retirements in the last three races have dragged sainz until the sixth position of the drivers’ world championship, ahead of the two drivers from Mercedes. Sainz has 212 points, Lewis Hamilton 216 and George Russell 231..
In principle, the Ferrari should be better than Mercedes in the remaining two races, so it is likely that Sainz ahead of Hamilton in the standings. As to Russellthe Briton should finish far behind in some of the tests so that the Madrid native would have options.