Carlos Sainz channels inner Kimi Raikkonen in Williams team radio exchange

Despite Outperforming Lewis Hamilton, Carlos Sainz Is Still Cautious of ‘Top Teams’

Carlos Sainz’s start to life at Williams is turning out to be better than expected. Despite joining a team that many expected to struggle to get into Q3, he has now reached the final qualifying session in two consecutive race weekends. After qualifying P8 in Bahrain last weekend, he bettered his performance by qualifying P6 for the Saudi Arabian GP on Sunday. And that’s not it, as he also out-qualified Lewis Hamilton, who replaced him at Ferrari…

Carlos Sainz analyzed his best ranking with Williams in the Formula 1 2025 World Championship and was very happy after getting out in sixth place in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The Spanish driver did not specify if he will fight the cars, in principle, faster than they come from behind like Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari and the Red Bull of Yuki Tsunoda. His effort in the Baréin duels cost him the points, he values.«I am happy for the good turn in t…

The Spanish rider does not expect major changes in the face of 2026 so he proposes new strategies in favor of his team One of the purposes with which Carlos Sainz arrived to Williams was to add more titles to his career, however, since the beginning of the F1 World Cup he has not been able to prove ... Read more La entrada External factor for Sainz's success with Williams aparece primero en elgoldigital.

Carlos faces the first curve in Jeddah The Madridman closes a positive Friday on the Jeddah circuit by putting his Williams FW47 among Friday's fastest five in the simulation of qualifying the second free workouts, filling Grove's garage with optimism.It seems that the good feelings of last week's Carlos Sainz and Williams in Bahrain are replicated this weekend in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after the first free workouts in the Jeddah layout.

REPORT: Productive Friday in Jeddah

Atlassian Williams Racing enjoyed a productive opening day at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with both Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz showcasing competitive pace across Friday's Practice sessions at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit. The team began the weekend strongly in the afternoon session, with both drivers running inside the top 10. Alex Albon led our pace in FP1, recording a 1:29.606 to slot into P5, while Carlos Sainz was close behind with a 1:29.…

Carlos Sainz nearly collides with Lewis Hamilton in FP1 and blames Ferrari over team radio – VIDEO

Chills on Friday Already The ultra-fast Jeddah Corniche Circuit, with its blind corners and walls extremely close to the track, delivers thrills and tension even during sessions that should, on paper, be calm and uneventful, like the first free practice session. The particular characteristics of the Saudi layout force drivers and teams to stay constantly alert, or risk incidents that are always lurking on this unique street circuit. Carlos Sainz…