It has been a busy few days for Carlos Sainz before the holiday break, since on Sunday the Madrid driver competed in his final Grand Prix with Ferrari after four seasons with the team.
Two days after closing his journey with the Italian team, Carlos Sainz already knows the feeling of racing in the blue car of Williams, his new team. The Spaniard closed the 2024 season on a good note and left more than positive feelings with the British team in the first contact with his new car, as Sainz achieved the second best time of the day at Yas Marina, just behind of his former colleague. Charles Leclerc.
This Monday, Sainz completed a day of filming with his new 200 kilometer team, riding the Williams FW46 car for the first time, although only on Tuesday he got more sensations to adapt to his new car in the post-season tests to also help Pirelli in building tires for the next World Cup in 2025.
The Spaniard, along with Felipe Drugovich (Aston Martin), completed the most laps at the Yas Marina Circuit, completing a total of 146 laps. However, Sainz achieved the second best time of these tests (1:23.625), remaining only 0.125 behind Charles Leclerc (1:23.510), who completed 134 laps of the track. In turn, George Russell completed the same number of laps as the Monegasque, and the Briton achieved the third best time of the day in his Mercedes (1:23.789).
The session passed normally and without notable incidents, the purpose of which is to collect data for the development of tires for the next season, which can begin to be tested from the beginning of the preseason in Bahrain, from February 26 until 28. .
Source: La Verdad
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