Carlos Sainz has committed to major changes in his driving style to stop “exposing weaknesses” of his new Williams F1 car.
Sainz has been comprehensively out-performed by new team-mate Alex Albon across the first three races after joining from Ferrari, with an average qualifying deficit of 0.226s, with Albon qualifying for grands prix with an average of 8.3 and Sainz 12.3.
The Thai has hauled 18 points across the first three races, with Sainz only picking up a solitary point in China, and only after the triple disqualification of Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton, and Pierre Gasly.
Sainz’s main issue is extracting performance in qualifying, with the Spanish racer explaining how to avoid inducing weak traits of the FW47, he must change his driving style.
“There are still a lot of set-up things to try and [after qualifying] we discovered quite a few weaknesses of the car that we need to try and address,” Sainz told media including RacingNews365.
“We are losing a lot of lap-time in certain specific points of the track that are in line with my feelings in the car.
“We have a bit of homework on that side, and at the same time, the car was good enough for points, and if we start putting better weekends together, we will do it.
“We worked the set-up a bit closer to where I wanted.
“But I had to change a couple of things on my driving style to make sure I don’t expose some of the car weaknesses that are quite evident when I try and push a bit further in qualifying.”
