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Sainz Is Unsure How Williams Will Perform at Barcelona
- This weekend at the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, Carlos Sainz will take part in his first race on home soil representing Williams.
- Williams faces challenges at Barcelona because the FW47 car struggles with the track's long corners, continuing a long history of poor results there.
- Despite recent strong performances including points finishes and qualifying near the top 10, both Williams drivers expect a difficult weekend in Barcelona.
- Sainz acknowledged that they are approximately a second slower per lap compared to the competition here and intends to experiment with various setups in hopes of improving their performance.
- The Spanish Grand Prix will test Williams’ ability to address known car limitations and seek further improvements amid a challenging track environment.
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Williams is braced for a bleak Spanish Grand Prix by its current standards as even its much-improved 2025 Formula 1 car is proving incompatible with the Barcelona circuit. A revived Williams is comfortably fifth in the championship, has qualified in the top 10 with at least one car at every race this season, and scored points every weekend except for Bahrain where both drivers were compromised by factors out of their control.But the Spanish GP w…
Carlos Sainz has had a complicated first day in MontmelóDavid Moreno / Motor.es The Williams team has suffered a lot to follow the rhythm of the teams that it has dominated in previous races.The characteristics of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya have not benefited at all the FW47 of Sainz and Albon.They had warned him and, after the first day of trainings in the circuit of Montmeló, fears seem to be confirmed.The Williams FW47 is very bad wit…
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Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz expect a difficult weekend for Williams in Spain: With improved FW47 in the points for the first time since 2016?
So far, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for Williams was not a good patch. Nevertheless, Carlos Sainz shoots at a top 10 result in his Formula 1 home race. Right?
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