{"id":751528,"date":"2026-06-21T20:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T20:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751528\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T20:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T20:59:18","slug":"carlos-sainz-ive-got-a-slightly-crazy-idea-for-the-future-of-f1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/751528\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Sainz: &#8216;I&#8217;ve got a slightly crazy idea&#8217; for the future of F1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carlos Sainz has revealed his \u201cslightly crazy\u201d idea for the future of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/series\/single-seater\/formula-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a>, with radical proposals that would see a departure from the status quo. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The basic recipe of F1 has not changed since its inception in 1950, with a championship consisting of a Constructors\u2019 and a driver\u2019s championship, with the same points assigned to each. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although tweaks have been made in recent years the aspects like the points awarded and qualifying formats, Sainz wants a more seismic overhaul. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sainz, Chairman of the Grand Prix Driver\u2019s Association, outlined his radical proposals to Spanish publication \u00a0Mundo Deportivo. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve got a slightly crazy idea, which I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever mentioned to the press before. No\u2026 I\u2019m not sure if I can say it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve always imagined a Formula 1 where the manufacturers and the drivers are separate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s never going to happen, is it?<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Sainz details proposals <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sainz then detailed his ideal version of the sport, which would also see major changes to F1\u2019s driver market, with a rotation system in place. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut I\u2019ve always thought of a series where you have 20 races and each driver races two races in each car. So the driver is part of F1, not part of a team; they\u2019re an F1 client hired by Formula 1 to drive the cars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo I\u2019d have the chance to drive two races for Williams, two for Mercedes, two for Ferrari\u2026 all the drivers would have exactly the same chance of winning the World Championship. That would be the Drivers\u2019 World Championship, and the points you score for that team would count towards the Constructors\u2019 Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat way, you\u2019d completely separate the teams from the drivers. And so you\u2019d have a proper Drivers\u2019 Championship and a proper Constructors\u2019 Championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sainz\u2019s idea would certainly shake up the sport in a way not seen in its history. But the likelihood of this becoming reality is slim. <\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/2026\/06\/20\/esteban-ocon-bold-ollie-bearman-f1-claim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/2026\/06\/20\/esteban-ocon-bold-ollie-bearman-f1-claim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Esteban Ocon issues bold Ollie Bearman F1 claim with relationship revelation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Sainz has revealed his \u201cslightly crazy\u201d idea for the future of Formula 1, with radical proposals that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,4971,817,806,805,803,804,85,819],"class_list":["post-751528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-carlos-sainz","tag-f1","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports","tag-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751528","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=751528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}