MONACO (AP) — After driving to a surprise podium finish at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz, Jr. was back behind the wheel hours later. This time, in a rented van with Charles Leclerc.

Leclerc just wanted to get home to Monaco after a frustrating weekend with a crash in qualifying and a ninth-place finish. The weather got in the way, forcing the two Formula 1 drivers' flight to divert from Nice, France, to Italy.

“So, after a very difficult weekend in Baku, I thought it couldn't get any worse, but...” Leclerc said in a video posted on Instagram late Sunday night, turning the camera to show his former Ferrari teammate Sainz at the wheel in a tunnel.

“We were diverted for a storm. We couldn’t land in Nice, so we landed in the middle of Italy, we rented a van and now we are on o

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