Carlos Sainz debuted in Formula 1 with a 9th place in the 2015 Australia Grand Prix. He got on the Rosso Toro after demonstrating, again and again, that he deserved the place and competed from you to you with a boy named Max Verstappen. 10 years have passed, several historical teams, and little impressed or ‘catches the Madrid to be heights of the film. But in Williams he will face a special appointment in the Grand Prix of Saudi Arabia, something he must remember. As that song says of Lavuelta: again again.
Carlos Sainz, with the winner trophy in the Australia 2024efe GP
Sainz will arrive in Jeddah with things to discover. Of course, he was not in 2024 after that appendicitis that led him directly to the hospital. Oliver Bearman, now one of the strongest Rookies with Haas, premiered with his Ferrari and Sainz no longer returned to Australia. With victory and show. But in Arabia it was not, although in the other three editions with a podium (3rd) as the best result with the Scuderia. It will return to a crazy track, full of speed and where emotions are strong. And Williams is not a Ferrari, with clear peculiarities in different temperatures and high speed.
“I have not piloted here almost two years after missing in the last year so I need to monitor this circuit and try to find what we learned from the past weeks to be able to apply it and maximize it on the track,” he acknowledged. The progression is remarkable, after entering a Q3 through the big door in Bahrain, marching 6th in the first part of the race and fighting until Yuki Tsunoda took him ahead in curve 1.
I have not piloted here almost two years after missing in the last year so I need to monitor this circuit and try to find what we learned from the past weeks to be able to apply and maximize it on the track
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Jr. at the Japan GP.EFE/EPA/Franck Robichon
Obviously, few secrets of a track hide for a pilot like Sainz, although he will have to get that plus from the FW47 to guarantee fight. “You never have the best feeling if you come from abandonment, but we show very good rhythm throughout the weekend in Bahrain and we hope to keep it in Saudi Arabia,” he explained. He beat Albon solidly, fought more than ever in a league that had a stellar Alpine and continues to deserve more than the only point that appears in his record.
You do not understand anything if you expect to see the best Carlos Sainz in a Williams in three races
Carlos Sainz
“We are going to a quick track that requires being constantly preparing you during free training, as well as confidence in the car when the classification session arrives,” closes the Madrid in the statements taken by his team. Something that, theoretically, is winning with that return that already comes out when it did not happen with the British car. In addition, the FW47 has evolved with novelties such as the front wing that already rode in previous races.
In Sainz code, it will also be known if you are doing good that explained in Bahrain: little by little it will be at Top height, but it is a process. “You do not understand anything if you expect to see the best Carlos Sainz in a Williams in three races. You do not understand the sport very well or do not understand the process that a pilot lives to have all the confidence,” he confessed. Thing that will be demonstrated and in Jeddah, in theory with optimal conditions, it can have an opportunity in its particular again.