Why Williams thinks it has secured F1’s second best driver on his day

Williams details why it has signed Carlos Sainz, how he will transform the team and why it was surprised Red Bull and Mercedes both let him slide by

Williams team boss James Vowles has enjoyed plenty of highs in his Formula 1 career – including having helped Brawn and Mercedes to world championship titles. But he has no doubts that his team’s capture this week of Carlos Sainz for 2025 and beyond marks the proudest moment of his career. Along with the huge vote of confidence that Sainz’s decision delivers for the vision that Vowles has for Williams, he can hardly believe that he has been able to get hold of someone he rates so highly.

They've made this decision sensibly, and if Red Bull have decided to do this again, there's reasons behind it that I won't be aware of, because they are multiple world champions, so they don't make decisions lightly.

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