The Grandabia Saudi Grand Prix, fifth appointment of the 2025 and last season of the triplet that departed from Suzuka and Sakhir, presents a clear peculiarity for pilots such as Carlos Sainz. The total points in the championship does not equal progress, work and even luck. More for the Spanish, who lost a chance in Bahrain after being a victim of the ‘Land-Aire de Yuki Tsunoda that burst the lateral ponto of the Williams. It only adds one point, but focus what will happen in the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
Sainz, on the podium of Arabia 2022.Carlos Sainz/Web
It will be a special event of the Madrid. There he got on the podium (3rd) in 2022 and lacked in 2024 after a Rocambolesque history that ended in Victoria in Melbourne. Return with steps taken to the front, seeking to break its most complicated start in Formula 1. only comparable to the premiere course (2015) that opened with a 9th and 8th or that of 2019 with McLaren that arranged from Baku and Montmeló. But it is a toll to pass, and Sainz has seen the quality jump. “For the first time we approach the maximum of the car in rhythm and a return. Although we still have adjustments to take both driving and car settings,” he explained to the media displaced to Saudi soil.
Sainz was placed 8th on grill, he was 6th after the first round and showed a clear leap. Of course, he also knows what Williams is missing. “The car has an underlying balance problem that we try to eliminate with the entire approach,” he acknowledged. It is a common evil of F1. He suffered a lot of Mercedes in 2024, and focuses on that balance of the car in the grip between the front and rear.
The car has an underlying balance problem
Carlos Sainz
It seems an ‘endemic evil’ of Williams. The car has improved a lot about 2024, but it has that point against. “It’s obvious and maybe for me it is a new problem, but we must understand how to adjust it,” Sainz added. In Bahrain it was much better than Albon, a veteran with the configuration of the British car, and in the team they do not stop recognizing the capabilities of Spanish.
Sainz, in Bahrain.williams F1
They are focused on that necessary adjustment to make another jump in a half wild area. They are well located, but everyone will improve. Some like Haas already did it after Australia’s disaster. Others, like Alpine, in Bahrain. And, for example, Racing Bulls has already confirmed that he will revolutionize his car in Imola, his home appointment. But Williams does with the key, good news …
“If we manage to solve, there is a lot of potential in this car and in this team,” Sainz explained. The Spanish there unleashes his illusion. “We must understand what causes it and in which part of the car is focused, but I am 100% sure we can step forward if we find it,” he specified. There also resides part of his magic as a pilot, to be able to move his sensations in detail to the maximum.
Williams Driver Carlos Sainz of Spain in Action During the The Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix, In Sakhir, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Ap Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Something that I have always made clear is that although the car does not progress too much, we do work as if we were going to do it
Carlos Sainz
The car would be better and also that of the future, something that conditions everyone. “Something that I have always made clear is that although the car does not progress too much, we do work as if we were going to do it. We are a group that works by understanding strengths and weaknesses, trying to understand what happens and be able to apply it,” he closed at the hot start of the afternoon in Jeddah.