Effort without reward for Carlos Sainz at the São Paulo GP

Sunday, 8 November 2026:

- Race: P19, 69 laps

• Carlos Sainz finished nineteenth in the São Paulo GP, a race with countless challenges: it started with water on track and Intermediate tyres, then went through a transition to slick tyres and finished yet again with rain and Intermediates.
• Twelfth on the Starting Grid, the Williams race driver was up to eleventh in the first few meters, but from then on his FW48 started to suffer in the rain tyres and lost several places.
• The Spanish driver was down to seventeenth after switching to Soft tyres. He pitted late for Intermediates when the rain came around as he was hoping for a Safety Car that would favour him, but the weather had other plans.

QUOTES:

“Today was a difficult day. The first stint was tough on the inters and I experienced a lot of understeer and graining with the front tyres. By the time I switched to slicks, we had much better pace and were more competitive, but I gambled on staying out hoping for a Safety Car, so by that point it was too late to make a real difference, although the last stint on inters was much better than the first one".

"Tough weekend overall but we now have a week off to reset and recharge batteries ahead of Vegas, where we could potentially be closer to the field. Thanks to everyone for all the effort during this long triple header. We’ll keep pushing until the end of the season”.

COMING UP:

Las Vegas GP, Las Vegas Strip Circuit – 20-22 November 2026