Carlos Sainz has admitted he was uncertain after signing for Williams that it was the right choice for his F1 career.<\/p>\n
However, after spending the opening 14 rounds of the current campaign with the Grove-based squad, the Spaniard has concluded he is content with his decision.<\/p>\n
Sainz was forced to find a new drive on the grid for 2025 after Ferrari signed Lewis Hamilton on a multi-year deal.<\/p>\n
Having had interest from various teams, Sainz penned a deal with Williams despite the team sitting almost last in the constructors’ championship.<\/p>\n
It has enjoyed a strong uptick in form this year and currently sits fifth – although Sainz’s team-mate Alex Albon has scored a bulk of the points.<\/p>\n
As he continues to get up to speed at the team, Sainz has acknowledged that all doubts he had have been eliminated.<\/p>\n
\u201cI definitely felt last year when I took the decision, Williams was ninth in the championship and there was less certainty that maybe Williams was the right choice in my career,\u201d Sainz told media including RacingNews365.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow a year on, I\u2019m very confident of the decision I took.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very glad, looking at the progress the team is showing and the momentum we\u2019re building into 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sainz penned a long-term deal with Williams that will take him into the sport’s new era next year.<\/p>\n
The squad has outlined its long-term ambitions to return to the forefront of the F1 grid, a journey Sainz is keen to remain a part of.<\/p>\n
\u201cLooking at everything that\u2019s been done in the team into 2026, 2027, 2028 which is why I came to this team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t come to this team for the results of 2025; I came for the potential of 2026, 2027, 2028.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe more I see what\u2019s being done and the more I am with the team, the better it looks.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the same time, there are a lot of things to work on and to improve as a team.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a very long list of things that we are trying to get through and work on.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I\u2019m happy with that decision and I think we just need to keep our heads down.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt some point also, the results of 2025 will give momentum going into 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Sainz has admitted he was uncertain after signing for Williams that it was the right choice for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-79456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79456","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=79456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}