Carlos Sainz has been told to look ove🅰r his shoul🍷der when he arrives at Williams next year.

Williams completed the hugꦯe coup of attracting outgoing Ferrari driver Sainz to their race seat,🎃 alongside Alex Albon, in 2025 and beyond.

But s⛄ince then, they have welcomed Franco Colapinto who has raised 💮eyebrows inside the F1 paddock with his impressive drives.

Colapinto came in as a t🍃emporary replacement for under-performing Logan Sargeant but has driven with authority despite his inexperience.

“Williams will look, next year, when Carlos is driving the oth༺er car, then see where Alex is,” Guenther Steiner claimed on the Red Flags pod🔴cast.

“If they are equal they will say: ‘We have Colapinto, he is 10 years yo𒀰unger than these guys and costs a🃏 lot less money but he hasn’t got a drive’.

“It’s a good position to be in.

“I am sure they will try to find a place for him. People ☂will be looking at him.

“He has had a few little acciꦏdents ꧟but, boom, he puts it in the right spot again time-wise.”

Steiner credited Colapinto’s eye-catching fi෴rst-lap overtake at the Singapore Grand Prix: “It is impressive, what he did.

“He saw a hol🐠e and drove into it. He’s there to s🌄how he can stay.

ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ“In my opinion, he did. In three races, he showed that he deserve๊d to be there.”

But Steiner insists that Williams will still be content to have committed to a big-mo꧅ney deal fo🅷r grand prix winner Sainz.

“I don’t think they regret having someone l💫ike Sainz. It’s always good fo🧸r a team,” Steiner said.

“It is obviously a💛 big help, he at𓂃tracts other people.

“James Vowles can be proud of finding Col✅apinto. But why did he find him t🏅hree months too late?

“I would try to give him to Audi. I have no idea if they wa▨nt him or not.

He has shown that he can do it, so why not?
“Otherwise there are not a lot of options.

“Albon has got🌳 a multi-year deal with Williams. So does Carlos.

“He’s 𝄹between 💙a rock and a hard place, good old Colapinto!”