168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz had a familiar ex-F1 driver assisting him from inside his 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Williams garage at pre-season Bahrain testing.

Sainz is a high-profile recruit from Ferr﷽ari for James Vowles’ team who will form an excitingꩲ driver duo with Alex Albon this year.

During Sainz’s running at Bahrain on Wednesday, attention turned to an unexp🎉ected figure helping his engineers.

Sky Sports’ Ted Kravitz reporte🐠d: “I was w🐻aiting to see what the Sainz influence would be at Williams, in terms of the mood and the vibe.

“What I found interesting🌱 was that not only have yo🦂u got Carlos Sainz Senior, fresh off the Dakar Rally, a shame for him that it couldn’t be longer, at the back of the garage with a head-set on.

“But also it’s interesting: the influence of Roberto M𒊎erhi.

“Remember Roberto Merhi? A former Formula 1 driver who drove back in the 2010s, he didn’t have a particularly long 💃ca🎶reer.

“He has a secoꦅndary position as a mate of Sainz’s. He’s always around the place, with Sainz S💟enior.”

Roberto Merhi helping Carlos Sainz and Williams

Merhi is a Spanish racing driver who first appeared in F1 𒅌in 2014 for the Caterham team.

A year later he drove for Marussia, finishing th꧒e 2015 championship in 19th place wi🌌th a best result of P13 in Russia.

Kravitz continued: “Merhi is not just standing and watching. He’s actually talking to the engineers, understanಞding a lot, acting as a second pair of eyes for Sainz to understand the car and the way that Williams work.

“He can be of use to Sainz, as ൩well as just his mate.

“I wonder if Williams are allowing Sainz more latiღtude than he was used to at Ferrari, when the drivers’ gangs were🍬 kept more separate from the engineers.”

Alex Brundle added about Merhi: “Famous for wanting the car super low and⭕ stiff! I shared a couple of sportscars with🐈 him, a super driver.

“Th✱e last time I saw h𓂃im? We sprayed water and Motorland Aragon to do a tyre test.

“It’s interesting to allow drivers to haꦜve a second set of eyes in the paddock.

“If there is a driver who👍 is a trusted f🔯riend, an ally, a countryman, and not a threat to you, he can be there in the garage to help.

“It does help to have a mate at the back of the garage, as it does to have an ally in the engineering 𓃲room, to give an outside perspective.”