Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Thursday, April 17, 2025, 20:26 / Updated Thursday, April 17, 2025 20:28
Prior to the start of the Grand Prize in Saudi Arabia, the new pilot of Williams, Carlos Sainz, revealed to the press that the British team is experiencing a problem that has slowed it for years.
According to the Spanish, who came to Williams from Ferrari at the end of last year, this problem is fundamental and must be solved as soon as possible. He also explained that his teammate, Alex Albon, was accustomed to this shortcoming, which allows him to record much better results than his beginning.
Carlos Sainz about Williams problem: “We must understand it”
The Spaniard believes that the biggest problem Williams had lately is that the car is slow on slow and medium speed turns.
“Alex also feels this problem, it is obvious to both of them, but he has become accustomed to her, because, according to him, he is part of the DNA of the car for years. For me, the problem is a little bigger and I try to adapt both my piloting style and the settings around it. But as a team, this is a fundamental problem that we have to solve in the last year.
We must understand it and try to improve the car, apply what we have learned to the following regulations. We make a lot of effort to understand things.
I want to make sure that, even if we do not develop this car so much, we will continue to work as if we did, to understand the strengths and weaknesses. Even if we do not spend so much time in the aerodynamic tunnel and computer simulations, we must do our best to understand where problems come from, to apply what we have learned in the future.
I insist a lot about this aspect. If we do not develop this car, then we must at least make sure that we understand things, in order to apply them in the future.
I can only say that the problem arises in medium and slow turnsbut for more details, you will have to ask James (Vowles) if we can talk about it. Today I will not go into details, but as the year advances, we may be able to talk more about it. I am very clear with the team, saying that if we improve this aspect, we will unlock much of the potential of the car.
I am sure that if we understand the cause of this problem, we will take a big step forward. My experience tells me that it takes years of attempts and errors to understand what a certain problem can cause. But it is something that I find interesting and motivates me.
I feel that if I help the team discover something in the data or in the aerodynamic tunnel, we will take a big step when we eliminate the problem, “said Sainz, according to Sportal.bg.
Williams is in 6th place in the ranking of builders with 19 points accumulated, before the Grand Prize of Saudi Arabia.
