F1: Why is Carlos Sainz work with Williams?
Carlos Sainz was expected to be Williams’ leader but has been widely overcome by his partner Alex Albon.
The 2025 season of Formula 1 It is full of surprises and disappointments, and one of the pilots who has not met the expectations expected of him is the Spanish Carlos Sainz.
The Spanish is an experienced pilot within the category that has had good results in all the teams for which he has led and which has always been said to adapt to any car that they put in front of him, which gave the impression that he would arrive as the great Savior to Williams And that would test the talent of Alex Albonwho was quite even in the races that had Franco Colapint as a partner in 2024.
Sainz vs Albon comparison
When Sainz’s signing was announced by Williams, many of the comments pointed out that Albon would finally have a worthy rival since, at that time, his companions had been Nicolas Latifi and Logan Sargeant, And then he had Colapiltto. The arrival of Sainz was going to be the first real test of Thai talent after his grill return in 2022.
After 14 full F1 calendar dates, Sainz only exceeds his partner in a front to face in the category of fast laps (8 to 6), but in the category that most shows a difference is at the points won where the Spanish loses (Albon 54 vs. 16 of Sainz).
It is true that Sainz has had bad luck with Williams with abandonment in Australia and Saudi Arabia, who added to a DNS (did not start) in Austria left the Madrid without the chance of adding points three times, but we must also clarify that Albon had three consecutive abandonments in Spain, Canada and Austria which brings a little balance to the comparison between both pilots.
Thus they are facing the summer break:
The projection indicates that Albon will end up hitting Sainz in his first season with the team because the Madrid has made life paintings trying to find the optimal performance of Williams.
Difficult adaptation to Mercedes engine
Sainz has said that like Hamilton, the change of power unit Ferrari to Mercedes It has cost him to adapt through the way in which the Mercedes engine behaves at the time where the engine brake is used, apparently the Ferrari engine makes sudden movements at the time of braking that the Mercedes engine does not do and that has affected the way in which the Spanish makes its entrance to the curves.
The difference between engine behavior is one of the reasons you quote Lewis Hamilton Because of its lack of speed in the classification sessions of the current season and Sainz says that it has totally changed its driving style to be able to adapt to the Mercedes engine that Williams uses.
Williams is already focused on 2026
This is where the matter is complicated for the second part of Carlos Sainz’s season because the Williams team announced that it stopped the work in improving the 2025 car to focus 100% on the new regulation that starts in 2026.
That decision affects Sainz and his trust as a pilot because still adapting to the car, the lack of improvements in the second part of the championship suggests that he will not have the same results that Albon to date, we must only observe that Williams added 51 of his 70 points in the first seven races of the calendar to have an idea of how he looks at the second part of 2025 for the Spanish.
We talk that their results may not be enough because the direct competition of their Williams, Aston Martin and Sauber, are constantly improved and are located less than 20 points of the British team in the table of builders in the absence of 10 races, those millions that Williams could lose by falling in the championship will be reflected in the development of the 2026 car.
Unless Sainz manages to turn his season, the reality is that his 2025 is not even the shadow of what was expected when his arrival was announced to the Williams team.
