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max my GOAT had to make some art, not very happy with it but whatevs
1 more week till I can see cars driving in circles again ☺️
lets appreciate James cordon bc he got lando and Daniel to wear crop tops and they slayed
FIA was just not making the right choice. George was genuinely concerned and it was frustrating that he put Zhou before himself and got punished bc of his act of kindness
No just thank you mcLaren for creating the most unsatisfying 1-2 we could ever get. Your horrifying strategy made one win feel undeserved ( when it fully was) and paints the other as a villian for not being happy for his teammates win. Why both werent allowed to fight for p1, except for the fact that McLaren loves poor decisions is beyond me
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carlos sainz is so dramatic. to finish Q2 in P1, in a williams at that, while both ferraris get eliminated, in what is their home race, the theatrics this man pulls oh la la
Idk why but this reminds me of that video from Vegas (I think?) where he says that one of the things he likes about Charles is that he “just doesn’t care”. Idk if there’s a connection there but I’m connecting the dots anyway
GRID GAMES: Alex vs Carlos – Jenga Battle
so happy that carlos is getting to do all these cool things and have all these partnerships and ambassadorships rather than before when he was with that horse team
nobody panic, he’s starting to use his most intimate and genuine love language (violence) with Alex
yk, it might be an unpopular opinion, but carlos looks better in blue than he ever did in red
I think the most frustrating part of watching carlos having a less than ideal time in the williams is that he’s a big part of why the car is so far from what it was last season, the team, at least in theory, are willing to listen to him and do what’s in his best interest, he’s adapted quite well to the car considering his move from having driven the ferrari for four years, and yet it’s more often than not things beyond his control that are keeping him from realising all the positives.
Carlos Sainz will have driven for the three oldest and most iconic Formula 1 teams: Scuderia Ferrari, McLaren and Williams.
He joins Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell as the third driver in history to race for all three teams!
Alex taking the car to lead making him the first williams driver to lead a race in a DECADE.
Also him saying he's better than everyone else with his chest on radio is insaaanneee
Carlos and Yuki (and Teto) cycling together
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I have said this before (and will probably say it again and again) but I am so happy that Carlos is in Williams. He is an extremely talented driver and intelligent, he knows his stuff. Williams loves and appreciates him. He has a great teammate in Alex Albon who also is an extremely talented driver and very intelligent who also knows his stuff and they seem to have so much fun together
Woke up sick and scrolled through TikTok to try and get my mind off of how horrible I’m feeling. Saw a TikTok video about Alex and Carlos with the quotes “Red Bull has a problem and it’s Alex Albon” and “what a day for Ferrari but they won with the wrong car”. After everything they have gone through in their careers and not having been appreciated enough in their former teams (especially Red Bull and Ferrari) I am so happy they are now both in a team that really values them, and I am happy they are in that team together as teammates
I’m really excited for this era of Williams, because I really believe they can achieve big things
But yeah a tad bit sad for Australia cause Carlos was the defending winner and everything and we missed one result and some points but we already got 10 points from Alex and it's an amazing start. Plus that disappointment is drowned out by excitement for China since Shang hai was always an intriguing track.
We have a lot to look forward to because we can see that the pace of Williams which got Alex P4 is fucking brilliant and the crash wasn't even Carlos' fault so we have everything to look forward to.
The way when the podium sitters saw Carlos' crash one of them said (I couldn't see which one 😭) "Ohh Carlos..." SO FONDLY
I'm genuinely still thinking about the fact that Alex Albon mentions having to give Charles a kiss and James Vowels immediately going, "speaking of Charles," only to bring up Carlos in the next breath.
carlos not only being acknowledged and praised for his contribution in race strategy by the team principal but also being thanked by his teammate for it ? oh we prayed for times like this
james the father that stepped up vowles
CARLOS SAINZ - Williams interviewed
-> F1 Masterlist <-
"now at least being outside of the car i could help the strategy team do the right call with Alex"
Great call Carlos! Amazing job! I can tell he has a great future as a Team Principal, I wouldn’t be surprised if in the future he takes Vasseur or Vowles’ place.
Alex had a smooth race, well deserved P5 and great points! Williams is about to enjoy a fine season! Let’s see what happens next!
xoxo
Australian GP | 2025
AA: But to be honest with you, you need help. You don't know what the weather's doing and the communication is some area that we've always been working on, trying to improve, especially in these kind of interchangeable conditions, just the relevant information for me... They knew exactly when the rain was gonna hit and how hard it was gonna hit. I honestly - if you remember on the radio - I was against it! I thought what are we doing, it's bone-dry... coming out of the pitlane, I was like okay we've definitely lost out here. But it was alright, I actually need to go see Charles [Florentin, the Head of Race Strategy at Williams] and give him a kiss.
JV: I'll give you a little nugget. I don't know if you saw in the race but Carlos was up on the pitwall right beside me and his insight was fantastic. He looked at the radar and went when that hits, they won't say on track, simple as that. And you could see the big key decision today is do you stop or not, and you saw the field was split. Carlos' information was key towards this so it is a group effort, really, in that regard and it was fantastic to see.
You gotta lock him down for a 15-year contract so he can stay there as a strategist after.
JV: He said he was more nervous than he was in the car, being up there. It's interesting.
I don’t think people understand just how impressive carlos’ performances have been lately. for the first time in four years, he’s working with a different engine, one he said he’ll take at least half a season just to adjust to. despite that, he put in the fastest lap in pre-season testing, in p2 in fp1 and a p11 on mediums in fp2. mind you, he’s had about a 100 laps of practise in the car. sure, at end of the day these things might not amount to anything in actual races, where it matters, but to produce a decent lap in a position like his would be a feat in itself, let alone laps like that. he’s said multiple times to not expect big things season, that the goal is to get better than where the team was last season, and I think the team is already well on their way there, in no small part thanks to carlos.
team torque launches straight into a dissection of the accessibility of podcasts over traditional interview in modern media due to the evolution of pop culture in case u guys were worried that Alex and Carlos were going to be normal
i’m in my carlando feels rn
cause like, these are two guys who were brought up with similar values, because their parents wanted them to learn the value of money and hard work and effort. these are two guys who got into f1 young, but carlos had a rookie teammate, and lando had carlos. lando had carlos, and carlos taught him the importance of team, and putting in the hours, and how to correctly read the telemetry, and how to improve, and how to grow up when the situation called for it, and how to get out of your head. and carlos had lando too, because lando taught carlos how to be immature again, and do stupid things sometimes, and to let go. they’re always distracted by each other, even if they’re doing something that has nothing to do with the other. they’re always accompanying each other on family trips, and their parents treat the other as their own. they’re always defending each other, always taking the other’s name first when talking about friends in the paddock. except, carlos refuses to call lando a friend because carlos wants to see whether they would be friends after f1 or not, cause that’s the real test, isn’t it? and they go on golf dates where i’m so sure carlos teases lando for being so bad at it. they’ve cooked together, and god, the lore behind it, can you imagine? they’ve celebrated each other’s wins, each other’s podiums. they’ve got their own personal boundaries for each other, things that no one else can do. they have their high pitched laugh that only dogs can hear, and they blush when they stare at each other too long, and they call each other cabron but affectionately, and they’re always going in for hugs, never simple handshakes. they’re carlos and lando, and there’s so much of carlos in lando, and so much of lando in carlos that it hurts my fucking heart. and like, lando still sticking to carlos’ side, even though it’s been years that they stopped being teammates. hell, in the start, lando could walk into the ferrari garage and no one would bat an eye. but, they never stopped being teammates, because no other driver is so in tune with someone else to pull off singapore 2023. carlos’ own team didn’t know what he was doing there, but lando norris did. lando, who repeatedly told his team before abu dhabi 2024 to be careful of carlos because he knows carlos and he knows he’s going to push. carlos taking lando’s racing line and getting pole in mexico. lando being there when carlos got his first victory post surgery, and got his last victory in ferrari. lando being there when carlos was on podium in monza. lando’s been with carlos in 3 out of 4 wins. did you know that? like, those were two boys who were imagining being p1 and p2, and they got it. they got it in singapore, and then mexico, and then abu dhabi. they’re not loud because they’re there for themselves, yk? they don’t hide their friendship, but they also don’t publicly go around waving it in people’s faces because it’s so personal to them. we’ve all seen the adoration on lando’s face every time he’s with carlos, but fuck, the adoration on carlos’ face when lando’s just being himself is so pure and so real. and like, carlos always leaving a little bit of space for lando on track, and lando always being so secure in his friendship with carlos.
these two found each other so randomly, but goddamn, am i happy they did.