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Carlos Sainz receives 4-year F1 contract proposal from Williams Racing

Carlos Sainz is a driver with two options for next year and beyond. The 29-year-old Spanish driver has multi-year deal offers on the table from Williams and Sauber/Audi as the new regulations in 2026 are coming quickly. In February Scuderia Ferrari confirmed that Lewis Hamilton would be joining their team in 2025, leaving Sainz out…

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“Frustrating” to be taken out of F1 Canadian GP as “points were available” — Albon

Alex Albon was left to rue a missed opportunity as Carlos Sainz took him out of the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday. The 28-year-old had pulled off one of the overtakes of the decade so far earlier in the race as he brilliantly passed Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon heading into the final chicane, somehow…

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“Any team would be privileged to have Sainz” — James Vowles hopeful the Spaniard will join Williams F1 next year

Carlos Sainz is undoubtedly the hottest topic on the Formula 1 drivers’ market since it was announced that Lewis Hamilton is taking his seat at Ferrari next year. However, the options he seemed to have at the start of the season are slowly slipping through his fingers, with Sergio Perez securing a two-year contract extension…

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“I’ve seen a huge step forward” in my performance this year — Sargeant stays defiant as he fights for F1 future

Logan Sargeant has shared his thoughts on navigating the complexities of the racing season amidst the ongoing changes in the Formula 1 landscape as he fights for his future. When asked about the difficulty of maintaining focus during the so-called “silly season”, with drivers frequently coming and going at the Williams Racing motorhome — the…

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“Of course I want to stay” — Sargeant remains hopeful he can retain Williams F1 drive beyond 2024

As the Monaco Grand Prix approaches this weekend, Logan Sargeant expressed his belief that he is “extremely” close to reaching the performance level required to maintain his position with Williams into next season. Team principal James Vowles has come out and said that Sargeant’s future with the team is in the balance because of his…

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“It’s only 100% when the pen hits the paper” — Bottas talks about “clear priority” regarding 2025 F1 plans

After no driver changes from the end of 2023 into the 2024 campaign, everyone entered 2024 awaiting a big 2025 silly season with 15 contracts ending by the end of this year. Lewis Hamilton kicked things by exercising a clause in his contract to leave Mercedes to move to Ferrari next year. Valtteri Bottas is…

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Albon finds positives after F1 Imola GP: “It’s not doom and gloom — if we didn’t have a plan I would call it doom and gloom”

A race to forget for Williams Racing in Imola. A weekend that started on such a high following the news of a contract extension for the highly sought after Alex Albon, ended with zero points. A case of what might have been for Williams but Albon was eager not to dwell on misfortune seeing how…

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Albon believes “it’s actually the best the car’s felt all year so far” following P14 in F1 Imola GP qualifying

The Williams driver finished Q2 in 14th position, over half a second from advancing into Q3. This is the third time in four races he has finished qualifying in fourteenth. Despite this, Albon believes the car is heading in the right direction following experimenting with the set-up in FP3. “I don’t know, I feel like,…

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Williams FW46 F1 car losing “about four and a half tenths a lap” as it is overweight — Vowles

Williams has unveiled weight-saving plans, starting a this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, revealing that its 2024 Formula 1 car, which has been quite substantially overweight, has been losing the team almost half a second a lap at each event so far. The Grove-based team hopes to bring Alex Albon’s car closer to…

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“Tough to keep making steps forward” when Albon gets Williams F1 updates first — Sargeant

Currently last in the Drivers’ Championship, Logan Sargeant is at the center of many rumours and uncertainties regarding his future in Formula 1. All that while his teammate, Alex Albon, just announced a new multi-year contract extension with Williams, tying him to the team into the new era of regulations. Asked about how the situation…

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