168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz has revealed his father remains disappointed that he opted to turn down Audi for F1 2025.

Four-time grand prix winner Sainz chose to join Williams after losing his Ferrari seat to seven-time world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton, but the Spaniard is u𒅌nderstood to have ꦿhad offers from the soon-to-be Audi team and Alpine.

Sainz confirmed that he had a “great offer” from the current Sauber squad and says 💝his two-time World Rally champion father wanted him to join the German manufacturer. Carlos Sainz Sr won ꩵhis fourth Dakar Rally with Audi last year.

“My fat💖her, Carlos, is sti꧂ll disappointed that I didn’t choose Audi’s great offer a few months ago,” Sainz told German publication .

“After my𓃲 dream of moving to Red Bul🔴l or Mercedes fell through, I had to decide between Audi, Alpine, and Williams.

“After visiting the factories and having discussions, my gut feeling immediately told me - go to Williams. They want a better future. And when my heart a💯lso said yes, the decision was made.

“I hope that my father, who had great times 💎with Audi, will soon be happy that I chose Williams.”

Sainz buoyed by Williams’ positive start

Williams enjoyed a strong 𒐪pre-season test in Bahrain and have been tipped to make🌊 a step forward compared to last year.

Spe🦩aking ahead of this weekend’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Sainz insisted he has been encouraged by his first 𝕴impression of the Grove-based outfit.

“It's definitely been a positive start. As I've said many times 𓆉now, the positive start began inꦫ the Abu Dhabi test,” he explained.

“As soon as I jumped into the car and started working with the people I was going to work with this year, I felﷺt I had just joined a team full of motivation - full of people wanting to bring this team back to💯 the front.

"The car also didn’t disappoint me. It was a good test overall in Abu Dhabiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ, and we've had a strong winter in development. We've tried t𒁃o hit the ground running this year, and we've had a positive test.

“Having said that, what you call positive - are we going to be half a second, one second off the leaꦡders, I don't know. But hopefully, we can show progress.

“I think that's the fundamental word for us this year: keep showing pr🍎ogress as a team and see where we end up.”

Sainz added:♌ “Progress means being more competitive, fixing the things we didn’t get right last year.

“So far, testing has been positive - reliability, weight of the car, just simple things that maybe in the past, Williams wasn't getting spot on. This year, it🅺’s been 🌺the case, and that's exactly what I mean by progress.

"Happy faces, happy people. I see people full of motivation and that's what I 👍care about the most because that's what's going to sustain mediu♉m to long-term success.”