{"id":57098,"date":"2025-08-10T06:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T06:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/57098\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T06:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T06:47:08","slug":"carlos-sainz-details-completely-different-aspect-between-ferrari-and-williams-f1-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/57098\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Sainz\u00a0details \u2018completely\u00a0different\u2019\u00a0aspect between Ferrari and Williams F1 cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Sainz<\/a> has revealed that the Williams<\/a> Formula 1<\/a> car feels \u201ccompletely different\u201d due to the variance in engine braking compared to the Ferrari<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard explained that he has had to change his driving style to adapt to the change in engine manufacturer.<\/p>\n

Moving from Ferrari\u2019s power unit to the Mercedes engine used by Williams has presented unique challenges, not only for Sainz.<\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton, who made the opposite switch earlier this season by joining Ferrari from Mercedes, has also been candid about the struggles he encountered adapting.<\/p>\n

The seven-time F1 champion highlighted major differences in the car\u2019s feel and handling during the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix weekend<\/a>, particularly the heavy use of engine braking.<\/p>\n

Hamilton explained that the SF-25 demands significant engine braking to turn the car, something unfamiliar to him after 12 years of driving Mercedes cars, leading him to describe the Ferrari car as \u201calien\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, Sainz went into further detail as to why the shift in engine supplier creates such a problem for F1 drivers.<\/p>\n

\u201cEngine braking? Can I draw it and explain it to you in a computer? Because here just speaking about it obviously I\u2019m not going to go into detail but it\u2019s completely different,\u201d he told media including Motorsport Week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way you use the gears, the downshift and how it goes into engine braking, the transition from the brake migration to the engine braking is different. You have to change your driving style for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CarlosCarlos Sainz left Ferrari after the 2024 season<\/p>\n

Sainz optimistic results will reflect pace soon<\/p>\n

This season has been one of many ups and downs for Sainz so far, the four-time Grand Prix winner being undermined by various problems on his side of the garage.<\/p>\n

Yet he added that despite the adaptation period, he feels that he has made good progress.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s important that even if I\u2019m taking my time to adapt to the team and the car\u2026 I don\u2019t think I took my time to adapt to the car, I think I was quite quick straight away \u2013 it\u2019s just getting results and putting things together that has been a struggle since the beginning of the year,\u201d the 30-year-old said.<\/p>\n

\u201cStill in Race 12, it doesn\u2019t seem like we\u2019re getting any better at putting things together, but it will come at some point. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn the meantime, I\u2019ll just keep my head down and I\u2019m pretty sure the result is about to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams Team Principal James Vowles has described the situation as a \u201cshared frustration\u201d over missed opportunities and inconsistent results in Sainz\u2019s debut season with the team.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cHe\u2019s incredibly quick, as you can see, when everything runs smoothly. We\u2019re just not able to get it smooth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sainz\u2019s best results this season have been two eighth-place finishes, in Jeddah and Imola, but he still trails team-mate Alex Albon by 38 points in the standings.<\/p>\n

READ MORE \u2013 Why Williams harbours \u2018shared frustration\u2019 with Carlos Sainz over 2025 F1 setbacks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Sainz has revealed that the Williams Formula 1 car feels \u201ccompletely different\u201d due to the variance in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,826,813,816,47054,85,819],"class_list":{"0":"post-57098","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-ferrari","12":"tag-formula-1","13":"tag-formula1","14":"tag-sainz","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-williams"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}