168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz had a familiar ex-F1 driver assisting him from inside his 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Williams garage at pre-season Bahrain testing.

Sainz is a high-profile recruit from Ferrari for James Vowles’ team who ཧwill form an exciting driver duo with Alex Albon𒈔 this year.

During Sainz’s running at Bahrain on Wednesday, attention turned♍ to an unexpected figure helping his ﷽engineers.

Sky Sports’ Ted Kravitz reported: “I was waiting to see what the Sainz influence would be at Williams, in terms of the ꦿmood andꦅ the vibe.

“What I found interesting was that not only have you got Carlos Sainz Senior,ౠ 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 interestin🃏🐎g: the influence of Roberto Merhi.

“Remember Roberto Merh༒i? A f🐈ormer Formula 1 driver who drove back in the 2010s, he didn’t have a particularly long career.

“He has a secondary position as a mate of Sainzꦇ’s. He’s always around the place, with Sainz Senior.”

Roberto Merhi helping Carlos Sainz and Williams

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

A year later h🧜e drove for Marussia, finishing the 2015 championship in 19th place with a best result of P13 in Russia.

Kravitz🦩 continued: “Merhi is not just standing and watching. He’s actually talking to the engineers, understanding 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 use𒆙 to Sainz, as well as just his mate.

“I wonder✨ if Williams are allowing Sainz more latitude 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.

“The last time I saw him? We sprayed wa🏅ter and Motorland Aragon to do a tyre test.

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

𝔍“If there is a driver who is a trusted friend, an ally, a countryman𒁏, and not a threat to you, he can be there in the garage to help.

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