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Carlos Sainz leaves the Williams garage in his FW47 for Sprint Qualifying during the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix weekend

Sainz “very confident” in Williams’ F1 potential midway through 2025

Ryan McGahey21 hours ago21 hours ago05 mins

Carlos Sainz reflects on his move to Williams F1 with the Spaniard very confident in his decision. Reflecting on his previous role at Ferrari, he comments on the news of Fred Vasseur’s contract renewal. 13 races into his first season with Williams in Formula 1, Carlos Sainz reflects on his decision to join the storied…

Sainz finishes p18 in the Belgian GP for Williams

Carlos Sainz rues difficult F1 Belgian GP as Williams’ unreliability struggles continue

Louise du Manoir2 days ago2 days ago08 mins

While the F1 Belgian GP started with promise for Carlos Sainz and Williams, a combination of poor qualifying and a misjudged strategy call saw the Spaniard finish a disappointing P18. It marked yet another difficult chapter in what has been a frustrating 2025 campaign for the former Ferrari driver. Currently sitting 15th in the championship…

Kruse to become Chief Operations Director for Williams F1

Lucrezia Costa3 days ago3 days ago06 mins

A technical reorganisation is in the works for a successful Formula 1 team, as Axel Kruse us set to join Williams F1. He will take on the duty of Chief Operations Director from the beginning of September as the first act of a management change which will see other illustrious professionals join the Grove based…

Williams driver Alex Albon continued his fine season with a P6 finish in the F1 Belgian GP. It moves him on to 54 points in the standings.

Albon confident Williams back to regular points scorers after P6 in F1 Belgian GP

James O'Connor3 days ago3 days ago05 mins

Williams driver Alex Albon continued his fine season with a P6 finish in the F1 Belgian GP. It moves him on to 54 points in the standings, just 9 behind Kimi Antonelli who sits P7. After a deployment issue basically took him out of the Sprint part of the weekend with a SQ1 exit, the…

Despite a streak of bad luck, Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon remain hopeful Williams can fix issues and maximise things at F1 Belgian GP.

Sainz looking to break Williams’ streak of misfortune after strong F1 Belgian GP Sprint Qualifying

Louise du Manoir7 days ago7 days ago010 mins

Coming back to race in the Belgian GP after a 3-week break, Carlos Sainz will hope to break his unlucky streak with Williams. Currently standing 15th in the Drivers’ Championship, Sainz has suffered consecutive setbacks – registering a DNS in Austria due to a brake issue, and finishing P12 in Silverstone after a collision with…

Williams driver Alex Albon discusses FW47 upgrades, cooling issues, and midfield performance ahead of F1 Belgian GP.

Albon: Williams still F1’s most consistent midfield team ahead of Belgian GP

Disha Rawal1 week ago1 week ago05 mins

Wiliams driver Alex Albon sits P8 in the World Drivers’ Championship ahead of the F1 Belgian GP. Despite a strong start to the 2025 season, Williams have started to fall behind other teams in the midfield. Albon managed to finish in the points at the British GP after failing to make Q3 in qualifying. Prior…

Williams driver Carlos Sainz in the FW47

Carlos Sainz discusses heavy workload to try and lead Williams F1 into successful future

Rebecca Malitz1 week ago1 week ago08 mins

It was almost a year ago that Carlos Sainz, after months of speculation about his future, announced that he would be headed to Williams for the 2025 F1 season and beyond. Given Williams’ performance record in recent years, not many would have expected Sainz to move there after his successful stints at top teams McLaren…

James Vowles: Williams sacrificed performance at British GP to make sure they can run a reliable F1 car following recent cooling issues. He also discussed Carlos Sainz's British GP incident with Charles Leclerc.

Vowles: Williams F1 having to leave performance on the table to cure cooling issues

James O'Connor2 weeks ago2 weeks ago05 mins

James Vowles has conceded Williams Racing are having to sacrifice performance to make sure they can run a reliable F1 car following recent cooling issues for Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz. Williams had a superb run from Australia to Monaco, scoring 54 points across the opening eight rounds as the FW47 was fast in pretty…

See how Sainz has faired this year at Williams compared to teammate Alex Albon in his 2025 F1 mid-season review.

2025 F1 Mid-Season review: Carlos Sainz

Shania Wallage2 weeks ago2 weeks ago08 mins

Carlos Sainz has endured a tricky start to his 2025 F1 season with Williams. He left Ferrari at the end of 2024, after the team chose to sign Lewis Hamilton on a multi-year deal. Since then, Sainz has only scored 13 points. That stands in sharp contrast to the 148 points he had earned by…

Carlos Sainz frustrated by bad luck after F1 British GP

Julia Muñoz Carrillo3 weeks ago3 weeks ago05 mins

After the F1 British GP and just before the mid-season break, Carlos Sainz reflected on what has been a rollercoaster first half of the season. Now racing with Williams, the Spaniard has faced several DNFs and crashes beyond his control, as he stated in a post-race interview. Unexpected crash following the bad luck Carlos Sainz…