Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
Comment of the day
Carlos Sainz Jnr was unfortunate to lose his Ferrari drive in the year he produced his best performance for the team, says Deerhunter:
Leclerc and Sainz is probably one of the more interesting match-ups, in the sense that it did not go the way I thought it would.
Given his time at McLaren, I genuinely thought that Sainz would be the more reliable, consistent driver compared to the more peaky Leclerc, but it ends up being the complete opposite.
Sainz’s highs (Silverstone and Brazil in 2022, Monza and Singapore last year, Melbourne and Mexico this year) are extremely high, but the many, many amateurish driver errors are also impossible to overlook. It is then extremely disappointing that the one year he was starting to sand out those rough edges also ends up being his last year with Ferrari.
Still, I find Sainz in the Williams to be a hugely likable pairing, so fingers crossed that this project turns out well for all parties involved. It’s absurd for Maldonado’s admittedly brilliant win in 2012 to remain Williams’s last
Deerhunter
