In a awe advance, Carlos Sainz, a three-time Magnificent Prix winner with Ferrari, signed a two-year trade in with UK-based Williams Racing.
Components One motive force Carlos Sainz has signed with Williams Racing for the 2025 and 2026 seasons.
The Spaniard is in his ultimate season at Ferrari and lately ranks 5th within the Components One (F1) motive force standings.
“I am very happy to announce that I will be joining Williams Racing from 2025 onwards,” Sainz mentioned on Monday. “It’s disagree hidden that this 12 months’s motive force marketplace has been exceptionally advanced for numerous causes and that it has taken me once in a while to announce my resolution.
“However, I am fully confident that Williams is the right place for me to continue my F1 journey and I am extremely proud of joining such a historic and successful team, where many of my childhood heroes drove in the past and made their mark on our sport. The ultimate goal of bringing Williams back to where it belongs, at the front of the grid, is a challenge that I embrace with excitement and positivity,” he mentioned.
Sainz accumulated his 1/3 occupation F1 win on the Australian Magnificent Prix in March. He additionally has 4 third-place finishes this season, maximum just lately on the Austrian Magnificent Prix on June 30.
The 29-year-old replaces Logan Sargeant and can race along Alex Albon at Williams. Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton is changing Sainz at Ferrari.
Sainz, who had additionally been of hobby to Sauber/Audi and Renault-owned Alpine, mentioned he was once satisfied Williams had “all the right ingredients to make history again”.