Carlos Sainz says Baku win restored his faith

Carlos Sainz openly admitted that the 2025 play successful Williams brought him the astir hard intelligence moments of his career. The Spaniard says that frustrations and unexpected problems marked his archetypal twelvemonth with the squad from Grove, and that helium is inactive bothered by the information that the FW47 is not competitory capable connected tracks that necessitate a precocious level of downforce.

"I think, realistically, whenever we enactment a helping with much downforce connected our car, we look little competitive. If you look astatine our bully results, they came connected tracks with small downforce, wherever our car responds better. That doesn't mean I won't effort to present a play present similar successful Baku," Sainz said up of the play successful Singapore.

Challenges and frustrations

The triumph successful Azerbaijan gave him a immense dose of information and self-confidence. 

“Baku was a large boost and I would adjacent accidental a relief, due to the fact that it confirmed what I’ve been saying each twelvemonth – that velocity is not the problem, but that I request a implicit weekend. I anticipation that volition service arsenic an illustration for the remainder of the season.”

The Spaniard made nary concealed of however psychologically hard it was to woody with the crashes passim the season. 

“It was highly difficult. Probably 1 of the astir hard intelligence moments of my career. Especially aft the summertime interruption due to the fact that I came backmost afloat of energy, information and with a caller approach.

I instantly had 2 beardown qualifying sessions successful Baku and Monza, I was successful bully positions, and some times the aforesaid signifier happened arsenic successful the archetypal fractional of the season. I said to myself: okay, I’ve changed my approach, I’m afloat of energy, and past 2 consecutive atrocious lucks that sound maine down. It truly wasn’t casual and it was precise frustrating. I deliberation you could spot however frustrated I was starting to get.”

In the end, Sainz added that helium was arrogant of his perseverance and spot to travel back: 

"But I kept pushing and it paid disconnected successful the end. To travel backmost aft the summertime interruption afloat of vigor and past get 2 large bombs successful the stomach, and past each implicit again - that was precise difficult."

Sainz hopes that occurrence successful Baku volition assistance him get much bully results for the remainder of the season, though helium knows that tracks similar Singapore volition beryllium a immense situation for Williams.