Sainz: “Today is not how we want to go racing”

Following Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix, Williams driver Carlos Sainz conceded that the way he worked together with his team-mate Alex Albon is not how “we want to go racing.”

Williams displayed encouraging pace across the practice sessions at the Monaco Grand Prix, but they were unable to deliver when it really mattered in qualifying.

Alexander Albon set an eye-catching time in Q2, ending up third in the middle part of qualifying, but he ended up tenth on the grid. His team-mate Carlos Sainz was unable to exploit the full potential of Pirelli’s brand-new C6 compound in Q2, and was left down in P11 on grid.

During the race, the Williams pair benefitted from the retirement of Fernando Alonso, and they acted as great team players, helping each other by holding up their direct rivals to create the necessary gaps for the crucial pit stops.

In the end, Albon finished the 78-lap Monte Carlo race in ninth position while Sainz completed the top ten to earn a single championship point for himself and the Grove-based outfit.

Expanding on his experiences at the Monaco Grand Prix, Sainz said that it is not the way he wants “to go racing.”

“Today is not how we want to go racing and I think the way us and other teams were able to hold up the pace and build gaps shouldn’t be what the Monaco Grand Prix is all about.

“We worked well as a team, but I understand the frustrations of the cars around us as we were victims ourselves.

“Looking at the positives, it’s another double points finish at a weekend that we struggled more than expected in Qualifying.

Signing off with a word for his forthcoming home race, Sainz commented: “We now head to Barcelona for the final round of the triple-header, so I’m really looking forward to racing in front of my home crowd and hope to share with them a good weekend!”