Carlos Sainz has been clear about Williams' situation at the start of preseason. The driver acknowledges that the FW48 has a wide margin for improvement, describing it as a very green car. Although he admits that the start has been tough and the team did not arrive as prepared as he expected, he trusts in the team's reaction capacity. His goal is to recover the level from the end of 2025 throughout the championship.
The technical challenge: from a complicated winter to on-track reaction 🔧
The description of green car points to an immature project, lacking aerodynamic refinement and reliability. Sainz mentions production problems and a complicated winter, which suggests delays in manufacturing parts or in integrating concepts. The key now lies in the team's ability to quickly understand the package and accelerate development. The evolution during the season will be decisive.
Signing with Williams: the master plan that included suffering in silence 🤫
The good thing is that Sainz is not surprised. When he signed the contract, they must have handed him a dossier titled Foreseeable phases: 1. Pain, 2. More pain, 3. Maybe something improves. So now, living phase 1, he can say with total naturalness that he was aware. It is the advantage of being forewarned: you can call a monoplaza green car that, in reality, is in the seed phase. Patience, everything gets watered.