Listen to this article Sainz suffered a nasty shunt in Friday’s second free practice session, crashing into the unprotected concrete wall on the outside of Turn 14. The Spaniard managed to rebuild his confidence on Saturday and qualified second behind teammate Charles Leclerc. From there he was forced to let Red Bull’s eventual race winner Max Verstappen by at the start, but he then held off the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez, despite the Mexican enjoying at tyre advantage at the end of the race. Sainz crossed the line in third some eight seconds behind Verstappen to take the final podium spot. Speaking immediately after the inaugural Miami Grand Prix, Sainz revealed he was still feeling the consequences of Friday’s heavy hit, admitting he was struggling with neck pain during Sunday’s sweltering race. “I’ve been better. Obviously, after the crash from Friday I still had a bit of a neck pain going into the race, but I had to manage it and I fought through it. “Especially with Checo on the end on the medium tyre, it was very difficult to keep him behind, but we managed to keep the podium, which is a decent result.” Carlos Sainz, Ferrari F1-75 Photo by: Carl Bingham / M …

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