It’s understood that Sainz had a Richard Mille watch – the Alexander Zverev mannequin named after the German tennis participant value £235,000 – taken as he left the Armani Lodge on Viale Manzoni.
Three individuals, who’re thought to have been ready exterior the lodge for a while, encountered Sainz and stole his watch.
The F1 driver then set off in pursuit along with his private coach, whereas bystanders who had seen the theft additionally tried to assist intervene.
Sainz and his assistant managed to cease one of many three robbers after a automobile, then foot, chase.
The second robber was then stopped on Through della Spiga by Sainz’s supervisor.
The third was stopped very shortly after with the assistance of one other certainly one of Sainz’s personnel.
Law enforcement officials then arrived on the scene and took the robbers, aged between 18 and 20, into custody.
Sainz retrieved the Ferrari group sponsor watch earlier than returning to his lodge.
Sainz posted on social media: “As lots of you already know, yesterday we skilled an unlucky incident in Milano. A very powerful factor is that we’re all OK and this can solely stay as an disagreeable anecdote.
“Many because of all of the individuals who helped us yesterday, to the Milan police for his or her fast intervention and thanks for all of your messages.”
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-23, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-23
Photograph by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images
Final yr, Sainz’s Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc was additionally sufferer of a theft within the week main as much as the Emilia Romagna GP in Italy.
Leclerc’s Richard Mille watch (of comparable worth to Sainz’s) was taken from his left wrist as he stopped for images within the Tuscan metropolis of Viareggio.
Then main the drivers’ championship over Max Verstappen, Leclerc was along with his mates and coach Andrea Ferrari as a big crowd fashioned.
Leclerc chased after the thieves. Native police launched an investigation into the incident.
Coach Ferrari referred to as out the dearth of road lighting. He posted on social media on the time: “Through Salvatori has been utterly at the hours of darkness for months. We have now been reporting this for months.
“Properly, yesterday night in Through Salvatori, they’ve robbed us. Consider arranging the lamps ultimately? Asking for a pal.”
Swiss watch maker Richard Mille is a long-time sponsor of Leclerc and have become an official companion of Ferrari in 2021.
That yr, McLaren racer Lando Norris had a prototype Richard Mille snatched from his wrist after the ultimate of the Euro 2020s at Wembley Stadium.
