Carlos Sainz and the Williams team were very satisfied with what was seen during the Grandbia of Saudi Arabia, the last of the very long triplet of the 2025 campaign and a fire test approved with good note. The Madrid finished 8th, was vital in the aspirations of his partner Alex Albon and the FW47 was the best car in the middle zone by far. Both on a return and in the race, allowing one of the best beginnings of always for those of Grove (they are 5th team with 25 points).
Sainz, in Action.EFE
It allows a moment of illusion to be opened for the team. Can they continue to improve? Or what roof will reach? They are legitimate questions to ask, more with the confidence of Carlos Sainz himself. “I have shown that my work pays,” he explained after the qualy. And he pointed to the only thing missing to grow even more. “It is a car that has an underlying balance problem,” he said. It has to do with the differences of grip between the two parts (front and rear) and its importance grows because it has been an endemic evil of the British.
But if it is solved … illusion. “There is a lot of potential in this car and this team,” said Sainz. The result in Jeddah made it clear that the jump was real. But they can’t launch rockets. Williams has not been able to solve its deficit and is something that seems complicated that it is fixed in the short term. Neither the team denies it.
There is a lot of potential in this car and this team
Carlos Sainz
Vowles does not hide it
Sainz, in Williams Box. Carlos Sainz
“We have characteristics in the car that are not giving the level,” admitted James Vowles, team leader, to the media after the last Grand Prize. “We do not have the balance we should for the pilots and we are worried a little. We do not get it to the pilots so that they can get the most out of the car,” he added. The car is solid, but perhaps it is the last challenge to be really prepared for something else.
And may not be for this course. “We can put ‘strips’, but not fix it completely,” Vowles said. “We can correct things and it is good because we will know that we touch the right thing. But it cannot be completely fixed in 2025,” added the British engineer.
We can correct things and it is good because we will know that we play the right thing. But it cannot be completely fixed in 2025
James Vowles
It is due to several factors. One is on the ceiling of the equipment and their management for a 2026 where it will count everything. Another is the future itself, because the evolution of cars will have a short tour of the new cars that must be prepared for the first test of the season with a date estimated in January.