Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #6 Carlos Sainz

A classy year for Carlos Sainz in difficult circumstances, in knowing that first, his Ferrari seat was going to Lewis Hamilton in 2025 and second, in losing a race to appendicitis. The Spaniard bounced back from the illness with a fine victory in Melbourne, and his victory in Mexico was perhaps his most dominant in F1 to date.

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Although largely in Charles Leclerc’s mirrors over 2024, he kept things ticking over with points across Ferrari’s difficult middle part of the year. He concluded a special chapter in his career with second in Abu Dhabi; now, Williams’s bid for a revival awaits… 

Sainz claimed two victories in 2024, but he may have to wait a while for his next with a Williams move imminent

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