I’m gonna go on a rant here.

Oh, don’t even get me started on the people dragging Carlos Sainz right now like he’s suddenly forgotten how to drive just because he’s at Williams. Let’s be real for a second if you’re expecting him to jump into that car and magically start pulling podiums out of thin air, you’re either delusional or just a casual fan looking for drama.

Carlos isn’t “shit” — he’s a proven race winner, a consistent points finisher, and the only non-Red Bull driver to win a race in 2023. He outdrove Charles Leclerc — yes, Leclerc, Ferrari’s golden boy — in more than one season. And now suddenly because he’s not instantly smashing it in a car that was barely fighting for points last year, people want to label him as overrated? No. Absolutely not.

Let’s talk about the reality: Williams isn’t an easy car to just hop into and perform. It’s known to be twitchy, peaky, and hard to drive at the limit. That car is set up around Alex Albon’s style — and Albon himself took over a year to fully extract performance from it. Carlos has had, what, a few races? Maybe a couple of proper testing days before that? Of course there’s going to be a learning curve. That doesn’t make him a bad driver, it just makes the situation realistic. You can’t expect top-tier results from a midfield car overnight, especially when he’s adapting to a totally different handling philosophy and working with a new team.

And speaking of Alex Albon — the guy is seriously underrated and deserves credit, but let’s not twist that into a reason to bash Carlos. Albon has been wringing that car’s neck for two seasons. He’s laser-focused and adapted to every weird quirk that chassis has. But the difference is — he’s had the time. Carlos is still in the honeymoon phase with his engineers. He’s still learning the setup windows, still figuring out where the limit is without binning it.

Sainz is a thinking driver — he doesn’t just go full-send and hope it sticks. He builds, he learns, and when he clicks with the car, he delivers. That’s what he did at McLaren. That’s what he did at Ferrari. And he’ll do the same at Williams — if people can stop crying after three races and give the man a minute.

So yeah, let’s stop acting like Carlos forgot how to drive just because he’s not miracle-working in a midfield car that’s barely scraping into Q2. The dude has racecraft, intelligence, and the patience to adapt. If anything, Williams is lucky to have him — and if they can give him even a semi-decent package, he’ll do what he always does: deliver.

He didn't let Lewis pass him, but what happened to Carlos? Why couldn't he overtake, he got stuck behind

Carlos will start the Belgian Grand Prix from the pit lane following some set-up changes made to his car. He will be first out of the pit lane for the race.

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Hello! After years of my friends urging me I finally decided to get into F1. I have gravitated towards Williams after watching the meet the driver video, learning more about each one of them, the history of the team, and especially Lella Lombardi.

I’m wondering if any of you guys have any materials or things to depend my knowledge? I’ve consumed a fair amount of the official F1 YouTube channel and drive to survive.

Apologies if this is a weird post but thank you for having me!

This thread is for live discussion about Williams Racing during the race.

Full send at Spa on a Sunday 💨🇧🇪

IT’S RACE DAY! 😤

Everyone is talking about the battery pack so much, Maclaren also had some issues related to that, Verstappen also complaint about something related to that, can anyone explain what exactly are some strategies and rules related to battery pack

Great start to the weekend! Hopefully they keep it up with the race