Carlos Sainz reacts to P2 in Melbourne qualifying: “Happy to be challenging Red Bull”. Carlos Sainz reflects on his second place in the qualifying session for the Australian GP.

Scuderia Ferrari Spanish driver Carlos Sainz speaking after qualifying second for the Australian Grand Prix:

“It’s been a tough couple weeks, a lot of days in bed waiting for this moment to see if I could be here today. To make it to this weekend and then to put it on the front row after leading through qualifying, I was almost not believing it, especially after how tough it’s been. But very happy to be here, very happy to be challenging the Red Bulls this weekend. I was a bit rusty at the beginning yesterday but then I got up to speed and I could finally find the pace and am feeling good with the car. I’m not going to lie, I’m not in my most comfortable state when I’m driving out there but I can get it done. And as long as I can get it done without the pain, obviously a lot of discomfort and weird feelings but no pain, so it allows me to push flat out.”