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The Spaniard officially left Ferrari to join Williams on Monday.
Spaniard Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) signed a contract with British team Williams on Monday for the 2025 season and beyond, ending the suspense that had hampered Formula One’s transfer market.
29-year-old pilotJoins Williams from Ferrari on a two-year contract with an option to extend», announced the Williams Racing team in a press release.
The transfer of the three-time Grand Prix winner has left all teams in suspense, as his fate could affect the transfer window on the second day of the summer break. In fact, Sainz has been coveted by many teams looking for drivers for weeks, with Audi or Alpine particularly courting him.
The Spaniard is said to be privately hoping tensions at Red Bull will force Max Verstappen to leave so he can replace him at the Austrian outfit, but the Dutchman and his partner Chris Horner claim the three-time world champion will not be leaving Red Bull as they are ‘stable’.
Carlos Sainz finished sixth in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa on Sunday, moving fifth in the World Championship standings after round 14.
He gained notoriety for being the only non-Red Bull driver to win a race in the 2023 season, surpassed by Verstappen. The Spaniard has finished on the podium five times this season, even winning at the Australian Grand Prix in March.Carlos will race for Williams alongside Alex Albon in 2025 and will “take the lead in leading the team towards its goal of returning to the top”», explains his new team.
Williams is enduring a difficult season as Thailand’s Alex Albon is 18th in the World Championship standings with four points, while his teammate, American Logan Sargent (seat vacant), is at the bottom. After the summer break, the F1 season will resume in Zandvoort, the Netherlands, on the weekend of August 24-25.
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