Carlos Sainz

Williams · P16 · 7 p

The Williams car currently sits in the back half (2.24 s/lap off the fastest car in race pace). Qualifying and race pace go hand in hand for Sainz (2.38 and 2.47 s/lap off the front). The trend is downward: the race-pace gap has grown by 0.18 s/lap over the last five races. In wheel-to-wheel combat Sainz outperforms the car: the driver share of attack is +0.24 s/lap – Sainz gets past cars the pace numbers say should not be passable.

Sainz has 7 points to Albon's 5. In qualifying Sainz leads the intra-team qualifying battle 12–3, by 0.180 s/lap on average in Sainz's favour. In races where both were classified: 4–3 to Sainz, and in race pace Sainz is 0.146 s/lap quicker over the season. Current form (weighted to recent races) gives Albon an edge of 0.05 s/lap.