Sainz promises Madrid’s urban F1 circuit will not lack character
Carlos Sainz believes Madrid’s Madring Formula 1 circuit will have its own character as it combines street sections with fast and flowing swoops. On Friday, the organisers and local authorities presented Madrid’s 5.47km layout that will take over the running of the Spanish Grand Prix from September next year, joining Barcelona on the calendar in 2026 […]
Russell sympathises with Sainz’s “pretty expensive poo” at Japanese Grand Prix
George Russell has explained the bathroom-based pressures facing Formula 1 drivers ahead of a grand prix in the wake of Carlos Sainz being hit with a fine for missing the start of the national anthem at Suzuka. Sainz was hit with a €20,000 fine, with half suspended for 12 months, by FIA stewards after he […]
Williams can learn from Sainz’s Ferrari habits despite tough start, says Albon
Alex Albon believes the habits which Carlos Sainz has brought to Williams can benefit the team rather than hinder performance despite the Spaniard taking time to adjust to life at Grove. Sainz has been outperformed by Albon since making the winter switch from Ferrari and the one point he has registered so far came after a […]
Sainz was crucial to Albon’s P5 at the Australian GP despite lap one crash
Carlos Sainz might have only completed less than a lap of the Australian Grand Prix under green-flag conditions, but he helped Williams team-mate Alex Albon beat both Ferraris to the finish. Sainz started from 10th but spun off at the final corner after the safety car was deployed in response to Jack Doohan spinning his […]
What Sainz’s early F1 leadership manifesto idea means for his GPDA director stint
Carlos Sainz’s pre-season testing press conference appearance alongside most of the rookie drivers entering Formula 1 in 2025 revealed much about his current position in the championship. The first is that, at 30 and about to start his 11th grand prix racing season, he is now one of F1’s veteran figures – the youngster of […]
FIA’s going too far with in-cockpit language restrictions
Williams driver Carlos Sainz says the FIA’s clampdown on swearing is «too much» and thinks it would be bad for Formula 1 if drivers were no longer allowed to show emotion inside the car. Last month, F1’s governing body issued an update to its Sporting Code, featuring a series of stewards’ penalty guidelines to handle […]
How Williams’ new F1 car build system works
It was a moment that caused jaws to drop aplenty in the 2024 Formula 1 season: Williams team boss James Vowles revealing he’d discovered his then still-fairly-new squad was using a single, gigantic, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to itemise its entire car build package. The list ran to multiple thousands of cell entries – an approximate […]
Threat or big break? What Sainz’s Williams arrival means for Albon
In one very small way, pairing Alex Albon with Carlos Sainz is a gift from Williams team principal James Vowles to the designers of his squad’s 2025 Formula 1 car. Both appendix-less these days, that’s a rough 9g saving per car no other team can make. Handy, given car weight problem was what really held […]
Red Bull’s F1 juniors: Where are they now?
While it’s easy to be cynical about the up-or-out nature of Red Bull’s young driver programme and the scars its abruptness has often left, no other enterprise has done more to promote young talent in motorsport. To assemble an exhaustive where-are-they now on paper of everyone who has been through the system would require something […]