24/08/2025 12:55
Carlos Sainz has conceded the first half of his stint at Williams
has been an "extremely frustrating" period. Sainz joined Williams
after being ousted at Ferrari in favour of seven-time champion
Lewis Hamilton. The Spaniard opted to sign for the Grove-based
squad despite interest from various F1 squads. While Williams has
enjoyed a strong spell of results, Sainz's team-mate Alex Albon has
scored a bulk of the points. Having had to adjust to a new
environment, Sainz acknowledged satisfaction with he has gelled
well with the team. "It's a difficult question to write in a report
card, but I would say it's been with some highs and lows," Sainz
told media including RacingNews365 when asked to sum up his season
to date. "Extremely frustrating because I feel like I've had a lot
of pace in the car. "I've adapted to the team quickly. Right from
the beginning, I felt with good speed in the car, but it's been
very difficult to put two results together through the whole first
half of the season." Sainz has 16 points to his name after 14
rounds, leaving him towards the rear of the drivers' championship.
The Spaniard voiced frustration over how points have slipped
through his grasp. "When it was not a reliability issue, it was an
incident with a rival," he said. "And when it's not an incident
with another rival, you don't even get to start the race in
Austria. "Then it was traffic in Q1, or some strategic mistakes
we've done through the year. So nothing really has come together
for us in terms of results. But in the middle of those ups and
downs, there's speed. "There is proof that we are going in the
right direction. It's just when you don't have a result to back it,
that's when it gets frustrating."
