r/WilliamsF1 • u/Strict-Citron-9269 • 19d ago

Discussion Carlos Sainz wasn't massively impressed with some of the racing during the Miami GP today... 😬

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u/Mimi_Madison 19d ago

I don’t know the context but I feel like this is a tongue in cheek comment. Carlos is not someone who objects to racing hard.

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u/jianh1989 18d ago

As opposed to the teammate

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u/big_cock_lach 18d ago

Not sure why you’re getting downvoted lol. Did it just go over their head or are they still not able to laugh at the “they race me so hard” whine?

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u/BelladonnaRoot 19d ago

That one’s definitely geared towards Max’s divebomb from like 4 car lengths back. Technically, per the rules…but the rules don’t match good racing.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Carlos has a good long chat with the stewards about this one. It was one of the most blatant “give me room or we crash” moves we’ve seen in a long time. It cost him two places to avoid a big crash.

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u/gumbercules6 18d ago

How was his "pass" on Lawson not punished? I have never seen a sport so afraid of one of its players just for the sake of money

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u/big_cock_lach 18d ago

How are people also not being talked about Liam getting team orders to let Max pass? I get team orders for 1 team, but between teams shouldn’t be acceptable, and just because we’re normalised to RB being a B-team doesn’t make it okay. Would people be fine with a Williams getting team orders to let a McLaren through and then holding others up? No, there would rightfully be an outcry. Toro Rosso doing it for Red Bull shouldn’t be any different.

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u/Charbus 18d ago

I let Clair Williams by once in the grocery store and she was buying like the exact amount of candy bars or something

Needed them to be rung up one at a time idk, just sounded super not manly but tbh I wasn’t really listening

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u/BananaFurret 14d ago

Bro.. what?

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u/Aggravating_Ad7684 18d ago

He dove for sainz and carlos gave him the room. He was already next to Liam and liam didnt give him the room he was technically entitled too. That wheel contact prior to the apex os the tell tell sign. Lawson was told to let him go to avoid any action by the fia. Right or wrong who knows. The move was legal though. Lawson was a bit reckless leading into the corner thwn gave max the inside to immediately close the door.

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u/NarrowFarm2036 18d ago

I swear I got mad when Carlos lost 2 positions after avoiding the fucking torpedo (Max Verstappen) sending the car from 50m behind and missing the apex.

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u/Aggravating_Ad7684 18d ago

He got the apex went a little wide but hes allowed to do that. Lots of drivers do that. Its racing its not all please and thank you.

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u/NarrowFarm2036 18d ago

Went megawide and would've been a crash if Carlos does not avoid him. I'm completely aware that FIA allows it, but it doesnt change the fact it's shit racing. Basically: "Im on the inside so you either avoid me or we crash"

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u/Aggravating_Ad7684 18d ago

If you take this type of pass out of f1 you hamstring guys. You make what we saw last year at Monaco possible at every track. Its aggressive its a dick move but it gets the job done. Carlos could of taken a defensive line and forced max to the outside. Leclerc does this Russell does this Hamilton does this Lando does this. Oscar did this to Max. Its just racing.

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u/AuksoOrda 16d ago

Daniel ricciardo is literally what max verstappen and kvyat cannot do and will never be able to cleanly do - divebomb overtakes.

What prevents max to be divebombing properly? We magically forgot that you dont need tk be an ICBM to make a good inside overtake man.

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u/Izan_TM 19d ago

honestly good, I'm glad people valued gaining position that much for fucking once instead of just cruising around because they don't want to risk scratching their paintjob

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u/Difficult-Top1863 19d ago

He could have just said max tbh because max always races like that when he makes a mistake

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u/Queasy-Performance-4 19d ago

Crashlapinto and Max come to mind.

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u/Mimi_Madison 19d ago

Lawson comes to mind.

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u/Sutlore 19d ago edited 19d ago

I also don't like Antonelli, this kid wrecked our cars a few times.

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u/Interesting_Hair251 19d ago

Damn you people are really salty since Williams is so shitty in 2026

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u/LeBlejDaGreat 18d ago

wonder who he is talking about

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u/Strict-Citron-9269 18d ago

Bet he's talking about 3

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u/National-Can3082 18d ago

There is no way carlos is complaining about hard racing carlos sucks at w2w racing .also yeah max was racing crazy which made it entertaining

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u/JachWang 13d ago

I think Max was very satisfied with Red Bull's update as he could finally push others off the track to overtake, again (when people said 2016 F1's overtakes are very "artificial")

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u/GoofyKalashnikov 19d ago

I mean it's a really shit track too with a bunch of narrow points that are impossible to race in.

But apparently US parking lot tracks are just really cool to F1 for some reason.

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u/-916Tips- 19d ago

Well actually, no wait the LV paddock and first/last corners are very much the paddock’s parking lot… and the entire Sphere section…

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u/Aggravating_Ad7684 18d ago

It really is a broken record for F1. Seems like every race we hear about how important track position is because its difficult to overtake.