Carlos Sainz (ESP) Atlassian Williams Racing FW46. 18.04.2025. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Saudi Arabian GP FP2
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Williams Racing are targeting “Q3 and points” after a promising FP2 at the Saudi Arabian GP

Williams Racing has demonstrated encouraging pace during Friday’s practice sessions for the Saudi Arabian GP, with both cars finishing inside the top ten during the more representative evening FP2 session. Carlos Sainz delivered a surprise fifth-place finish with a time of 1:28.942, just 0.675 seconds behind session leader McLaren’s Lando Norris, while teammate Alex Albon…

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Ahead of the F1 Saudi Arabian GP, Carlos Sainz has revealed Williams' efforts to understand the FW47 with limited development to improve their 2026 car
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Sainz reveals Williams’ focus on understanding the FW47 to improve 2026 car ahead of F1 Saudi Arabian GP

Carlos Sainz has shared his insights into his improved performance in Bahrain and the development trajectory of the Williams FW47 as he heads into the F1 Saudi Arabian GP this weekend. After making it into Q3 and out qualifying teammate Alex Albon for the first time in Bahrain, the Spaniard is intent on finishing in…

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Carlos Sainz driving his #55 Williams car during the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Sainz reflects on F1 Bahrain GP retirement saying he “got the wrong side of the coin”

Williams driver Carlos Sainz has pointed to a “lack of control” from Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda as the cause of his retirement from the F1 Bahrain GP after a collision between the drivers left his car with significant sidepod damage. The Spanish driver, who had shown promising pace in qualifying, was forced to retire after…

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Yuki Tsunoda after finishing the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2025 with Red Bull
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Tsunoda still trying to understand the RB21 after points in F1 Bahrain GP

Yuki Tsunoda came away from the 2025 F1 Bahrain GP with a points finish despite facing several challenges throughout the race, including pit stop issues and a collision with former Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz. The Japanese Red Bull driver finished ninth in a race dominated by Oscar Piastri, who secured a lights-to-flag victory in his…

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Leclerc's Ferrari during the F1 Japanese GP
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Drivers divided on changing DRS settings after Doohan’s F1 Japanese GP shunt

Among the whole drivers grid a heated DRS discussion was prompted by Jack Doohan’s F1 Japanese GP crash. What went wrong? The crash, which had happened during FP2, took place because of the Alpine driver manually activating the DRS ahead of the first turn of Suzuka. Doohan had previously tried it on the simulator while…

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Carlos Sainz in his Williams car at the Japanese GP
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Penalty hampered encouraging pace for Carlos Sainz in the Williams at F1 Japanese GP

Despite showing good pace at the Japanese GP, Williams Racing’s Carlos Sainz did not score any points in the race. The Spaniard suffered a three-place grid penalty for impeding Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton on his outlap in Qualifying. The stewards’ decision post-session saw Sainz’s grid position consequently fall from P12 to P15. Sainz’s FW47 showed…

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Alpine drivers Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan take away positive from the race weekend despite finishing outside the top ten at the F1 Japanese GP
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Alpine drivers take away positives despite another point-less finish at F1 Japanese GP

Alpine F1 drivers Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan have opened up about their rather anonymous Japanese GP race on Sunday after both drivers finished outside the top ten. The French team has failed to reach the points in 2025, the only outfit on the grid yet to do so.  Despite massive improvement in the first…

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Sainz during Q2 Japanese GP 25
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Sainz satisfied with steps forward in his FW47 after F1 Japanese GP qualifying

What was supposed to be a normal qualifying session for Carlos Sainz ended up being a roller coaster. During the final minutes of Q2, the Spaniard caused an impending incident involving Lewis Hamilton, which the stewards took note of, and they ultimately handed him a 3-place grid penalty. An error that costs Sainz everything Carlos…

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