Carlos Sainz “doesn’t know” worry exposed amid Williams difficulties

Reason for Carlos Sainz's struggles identified

Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz

The early struggles of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz in the Williams have been attributed to ⭕him still learning about his ne𒅌w car.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon has outperformed his teammate in each of the fi🐲rst two qualifying sessions and gr🃏ands prix in Australia and China.

Sainz was a high-profile recruit for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Williams who won the battle for his signature after his Ferrar﷽i seat was taken꧅ by Lewis Hamilton.

But he hasn’t been able to justify the fanfare in his first two F1 rounds with Williams, although the reason has𝕴 been identified⭕.

“I don’t think 🐽he knows how to manipulate the car yet,” Alex Jac꧃ques told the F1 Nation podcast.

“He was open in testing that it would take a while. I thi💖nk it will take a few races.

“I don’t think he knowsܫ how to get a tune out of that car yet, and until he does, Albon will put away every opportunity that he’s given.

“He is so motivated by Sainz turning up. Heꦚ is the least Albon version of himself that I’ve seen!

“S﷽houlders are back, confident, wild eyes - he is determined to take his chance.

“Carlos will need maybe six races to understand that ‘this setup 😼change does this’.

“A🌳lex has all of that knowledge. A roll bar change, what does that do? Alex already knows.

“‘Don’t ꧅change that, it inherently doesn’t work with our setup’, Alex already knows. Carlos needs to discover all of that.

“Until he does, he will be the second Williams.”

Alex Albon F1 improvement praised

Alex Albon
Alex Albon

The improving performance of his new teammate Albon is𒉰 also a reasꦰon for Sainz’s lacklustre start.

Albon has long been considered a precocious talent but he is provꦫing his met♋tle alongside a historically more successful teammate for the first time.

“That Albon camp turned themselves inside-out ove🦩r the winter to extract every o♋unce of performance,” Laura Winter added.

“They had to sꦰtand up to a proven multiple-time race winner coming into the team.

“🌳He had to show that 🌼he wouldn’t defer as a No2 driver.

“They looked at♉ everything from nutrition, car s🍌etup, communication with the engineer, training, strength. Everything was looked at and the 1% added up.

“That’s what we are seeing, it’s Alex Albon 2.0. It’s paying off🥃, they have worked so hard.

“Maybe there neꦓeded to be. He never needed to show it with Nicholas Latifi or🎉 Logan Sargeant.

“He had Franco Colapinto last year who suddenly started to edge ahead of him, and maybe that was the wake-up call that he needed. They then signed Sainz🌱 and the step had to be big. But he’s making it.”

However, Sainz’s diffic♌ulty in the Williams will not last forever.

“He is so m𒈔ethodical. He will do the due diligence. He will eventually unlock it,” Jacques insist🙈ed/

“There is no panic from him. Ferrari to Wi꧅lliams? I am not sure there is a bigger cultural shift in the paddock.

“One team is trying to modernise themselves,🐈 and♛ one behemoth.

“He will be okay. But, in 𒆙the first six races, it will be hard to be ahead of Alex who knows what buttons to press, and what avenues not to go down.

“Until Carlos knows what is the top three list of things to ♚address, he will be the second car.”

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