Carlos Sainz signed his best weekend since his arrival at Williams Racing at the beginning of the 2025 season of the F1. The Madrid pilot left sixth on the grill, after an extraordinary classification session. Likewise, the ’55’ prioritized the management of tires during the first Stint of the race when attacked by pilots with much faster cars, crossing the finish line in the eighth position and adding four crucial points for the World Cup in the Queen of Motor Sports Queen.
Sainz, in the Arabia-LaPresse GP
The improvement and adaptation of the Madrid to the FW47 is more than evident. Since his first appearance in Q3 in the Australia Grand Prix, the former Ferrari competitor was out in the second classification round on the next two dates of the calendar. However, in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Carlos beat his teammate in ‘Qualifying’, while he did the same in the Jeddah’s cornic circuit.
Carlos Sainz’s remarkable improvement so far is season
As the Madrid pilot himself said at the end of the Bahrain Grand Prix, his improvement is only due to the necessary adaptation time for someone who was in another team for many years. Since 2021, Sainz was part of the ‘Scuderia Ferrari’, so he still needs to make certain maneuvers in a different way as executed in the Maranello squad.
“The body acquires a muscular memory (to anticipate the reactions) and now you get on this car (the FW47) and it has to reverse what you learned. It is not unlearn, because what I learned makes me quickly in some curves, but in others I do not have to do something that I did before turning and stop. It is almost impossible to be fast in three races with a new car. You put the soft Tenth in the QUALY.
It is almost impossible to be fast in three races with a new car.
Carlos Sainz Jr.
The necessary “brain transplant” for Lewis Hamilton
To put in perspective, Lewis Hamilton, heptacampeón of the world and maximum winner of great awards in the history of the category, landed in the ‘Scuderia’ after 12 years in the Mercedes team. In this way, with the exception of his victory in the Sprint race of the GP of China, one of the favorite paths of the British, the ’44’ has not enjoyed a positive start in its history with the ‘Rampante Cavallino’.
Lewis Hamilton at the Paddock of the Saudi Arabia Grand
“I need a brain transplant,” was the answer that Hamilton gave when he was questioned about what he needs to start feeling comfortable in SF-25.
Carlos Sainz Jr. already warned it prior to the beginning of the current Formula 1 campaign. “The first quarter of the season will be especially hard. I am calm, thinking about my work and will arrive.”