James Vowles confirms Carlos Sainz is Williams’ “number one target” for F1 2025
Williams confirm that Carlos Sꦗainz is their "number one target" to sign for F1 2025.
Williams boss James Vowles has openly admitted that168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Carlos Sainz is the team’s “number one target” to complete their 2025 F1 driver line-up.
Sainz is the most sought after free agent on the F1 driver market after the shock news of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s switch from Mercedes to Ferrari for next seas🌄on left him without a drive.
The Spaniard has found himself linked to Mercedes and Red Bull but it is now thought that either Williams or Sauber/Audi will be the most like💝ly destination for the outgoing Ferrari drive🅠r.
Williams team principal Vowles stepped up his courting of Sainz by making a public pitch to the three-time grand prix winner on Friday, saying it should be an “easy decision” to join 🤪the British squad.
Vowles went further ahead of qualifying on Saturday by naming Sainz asಞ Williams’ priority.
“That bit I can say, the number one ꦬtarget is Carlos,” Vowles told Sky ♏Sports F1.
“He’s a race-winning driver that last year against all odds beat Max [Verstappen] in Singapore with a brilliant drive, and that’s not the first time, he’s intelligent inღ how he does things, logical, incredibly quick.
“What he did in Shanghai, this will sound like a negative and it’s 𓆏not, in qualifying he crashed and we’ve all been there to a certain extent, it’s an impressive athlete that can reset and then go out 🍸and beat your team mate in that condition, and I think that shows you how strong he is as a driver.
“I think any teꦏam on the grid would be fortunate to have someone like Carlos alongside 📖them.”
There have been rumours a deal between the two parties is close and that an announcemඣent could come ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix on June 23 - Sainz’s home race.
Vowles would not budge either way on such speculation when the notion of a Ba🐠rcelona announcement was put to him.
“Is it, good to know [that Spain is next],” Vowles said. “Where we are at the moment is you’📖ll see the rest of the market clear itself in the next four weeks, that’s the time period we’re looking at.”
With 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon under contract for at least another two seasons, signing Sainz would leave168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Logan Sargeant without a drive for 2025.
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