F1: Fired by Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes make him hallucinate

Pushed towards the exit by Ferrari due to the arrival of Lewis Hamilton, Carlo Sainz finally signed up with Williams, which he will join from 2025. The Spaniard admitted that it “hurt” him not to not having been considered by Red Bull or Mercedes and that he had difficulty understanding the choices made by certain teams.

From the start of the season, Carlos Sainz knew that it would be his last in the colors of Ferrari. The Scuderia decided to seize the opportunity to engage the services of Lewis Hamiltonfuture teammate of Charles Leclercand the Spanish driver had to find a new team. To everyone's surprise, it was finally at Williams what Carlos Sainz will continue his career in 2025, he who could nevertheless have claimed a seat at Red Bull or Mercedes.

“It hurt me at the time”

« I am definitely at peace with myself, about my choices or the way I negotiated. I sincerely believe that if I didn't stay in a top team, it's because life didn't want me to go there. “, declared Carlos Sainz about his choice, in comments relayed Nextgen-Autoeven if he had difficulty digesting not having joined a more important team. “ This is because something else will happen that will turn out to be good. It hurt me at the time. We all have egos, I have a pilot's ego. »

“I still don’t understand certain choices”

« I couldn't understand it at the time. I still don't understand some of the choices people made. But it creates more challenges in me and makes me more enthusiastic about Williams », added Carlos Sainzgrateful to Williamswith whom contacts go back more than a year: “ Williams invested in me, supported me from the beginning, contacted me a year ago. This makes me excited, I want to give back to them what they gave me. It gives me strength. I can't wait to get out there and build something good. »