Carlos Sainz cherishes Charles Leclerc road trip: ‘One of those adventures that you will remember’

Carlos Sainz has spoken about the impromptu road trip he and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc were forced to take after the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

After celebrating his first podium finish with Williams, the Spanish driver was hoping to return home as normal that same evening. But storms in Nice meant that he and Leclerc, along with the Monegasque driver’s friends, Joris Trouche and Antoine Truchet, had their flight diverted to Italy.

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Sainz, who then drove the group of four back to Monaco in a rental van, explained that while it was a frustrating situation, it led to memories that he will look back on when he is old.

“Bit hectic landing in an airport so late, having to rent a van, having to jump in a van with all the bags and having to drive back home for a couple of hours,” Sainz explained during an event for Hackett London.

“But in the end, I was reflecting on it, we were very frustrated because we really wanted to land in Nice and [have a] 20-minute drive, but then you think about it and you say these are the kind of days that you remember.

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“If we would have landed in Nice and we would have just taken the normal 20-minute home taxi or whatever, we would never remember that day or that moment. But it’s those little adventures that you will remember when you are older.”