Carlos Sainz only scored 13 points in his first half-season as a Williams driver. He arrived at the Belgian Grand Prix 15th in the world championship. <\/p>\n
Broadly, it\u2019s been a successful season for James Vowles\u2019<\/a> squad. They\u2019re fifth in the constructors\u2019, having already amassed their best points tally since 2017. <\/p>\n Sainz\u2019s teammate Alex Albon sits eighth in the drivers\u2019 with more than triple the points. He and his team occupy the highest available positions behind the top-four teams.<\/p>\n There have been some highs for the new signing, most notably in qualifying. Sainz<\/a> is responsible for three of Williams\u2019 best four qualifying performances, all of them on the third row of the grid.<\/p>\n Carlos Sainz says Williams haven\u2019t been good enough operationally this season<\/p>\n Sainz has suffered two DNFs this season, and he also failed to make the start of the Austrian GP last month. When Vowles snapped him up, he knew he\u2019d drive up standards.<\/p>\n The Spaniard had spent four seasons with Ferrari, winning four Grands Prix. Williams<\/a> intend to be challenging the Scuderia within a couple of years.<\/p>\n Sainz was one of the standout drivers in the Sprint segment of the Belgian Grand Prix weekend. He qualified sixth and held position in the 15th lap race, collecting three points.<\/p>\n It was noteworthy, then, that he spoke bluntly about the team\u2019s failings in his interview with DAZN afterwards. Sainz saw his running in the opening practice session limited by another reliability issue.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f \u201cSon errores peque\u00f1os que hacemos entre todos. No estamos operando al nivel que hay que operar en F1\u201d<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd0a \u201cRitmo no me falta, solo necesito que me dejen de pasar cosas\u201d<\/p>\n Carlos Sainz se\u00f1ala los aspectos a mejorar tras la carrera al sprint en B\u00e9lgica#BelgicaDAZNF1<\/a> \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea pic.twitter.com\/apdE3MtsMn<\/a><\/p>\n