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Rookie Sainz ‘excited’ after confidence boosting day

Carlos Sainz Jr finished fourth fastest for Scuderia Toro Rosso on the third day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya, completing 132 laps before a minor electrical fault curtailed his day in the final hour. The Spaniard got through a number of different tests on different compounds of Pirelli tyre, and set a best lap time of 1m24.191s, just over 1.1 seconds adrift of Lewis Hamilton’s session topping time. Sainz felt the days running for him was just the confidence boost he needed especially when the next time he ventures out on track will be in practice for the Australian Grand Prix. “This was the sort of day we needed and it went really well,” insisted Sainz. “It...
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