Formula 1: Carlos Sainz’s bad moment in Williams, Franco Colapint’s former team

Formula 1: Carlos Sainz’s bad moment in Williams, Franco Colapint’s former team

The Spanish pilot had a difficult start to the season, although the point achieved in Shanghai could be a sign of breath.

The Spanish pilot, Carlos Sainz expressed not being spending the best start of the season in this 2025. To the Madrid the numbers play against him, when he crashed in the first round in Australia, end in the 17th place in the Shanghai Sprint race and add only one point in the China Grand Prix. He comments to be lost and is just getting used to New car of the Williams team.

Sainz Jr., son of Carlos Sainz (father) who is former Rally pilot, far from being a bad pilot knew how to dominate successfully on other occasions by achieving several podiums in the previous season on board the Ferrari. From its beginnings in Formula 1 with Toro Rosso knew how to stand out, so this evil in the first 2025 races should be momentary.

Williams Vowles team leader, on the other hand, stressed that the team will continue working to Facilitate the adaptation of Carlos Sainz. In addition, he celebrated the first point obtained by the Spanish for the team, to the Finish tenth in the Asian country, last Sunday.

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The beginning of the Williams season

The Atlassian Williams Racing team had a good start of the season. Alex Albon, having already piloted the brand’s car during the last year, is a step above Carlos Sainz inside the team.

In 2024, Williams added 17 points in total throughout the season, This 2025 already carry that amount in just two races. Although it is believed that without the disqualification of Ferrari this would not have happened, we must give merit to the evolution of the pilot Alexander Albon.

The FW 47 car of the team proved to have sufficient potential for this season if it is based on the development of Albon seen in these two races and even in the preseason with Carlos Sainz.

Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz, two different understandings

The Thai, Alex Albon demonstrated all the learning of the previous season when he reached the Q3 in just two races. Franco Colapinto’s former partner, already knowing how to handle himself in the team and evolve from that, exceeded expectations. In Shanghai he achieved the seventh place and added 6 points, although it was already coming from a loss of control in Melbourne.

As for Spanish, Carlos Sainz has an optimistic future in the English team despite this little graceful start. The point that added on Sunday is a ray of hope and demonstrates that it is simply a period of logical adaptation for any pilot. Sainz commented after Sunday’s career, that the sensations he felt in the tests from the beginning are no longer and that that dislodges it a little.

Within 10 days it will be the next Japan Grand Prix, in Suzuka. There you can see the progress learned that the pilot from Ferrari demonstrates in one of the best known circuits of the F1.

Source: Ambito

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