Williams driver Carlos Sainz has proposed one of the radical structural adjustments steered for Method One, suggesting for an entire separation between drivers and groups to create a “true” drivers champion.
The Spaniard stated he’s having fun with one among his “strongest seasons” by way of the standard of his driving after the Barcelona Grand Prix, regardless of solely scoring six factors for his struggling Williams group to this point through the 2026 marketing campaign.
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Sainz has envisioned a 20-race calendar the place no driver stays with a group for greater than two races, eradicating equipment benefits and make sure the title is set purely on driver efficiency.
Sainz suggests “actual” drivers’ championship
Chatting with Spanish publication Mundo Deportivo, Sainz was questioned about his radical thought which might see drivers race for every group on the grid at some stage through the season.
“I’ve at all times considered a class the place you do 20 races and every driver runs two races with every automobile. So the motive force is a part of F1, he isn’t a part of a group, he’s an F1 buyer that Method 1 hires to take the automobiles. Then I’d have my likelihood to do two races with Williams, two with Mercedes, two with Ferrari, all of the riders would have precisely the identical likelihood of successful the World Championship.
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“That may make the drivers’ world championship after which what you rating for that model is the constructors’ championship. Then, you’d have the ability to fully disassociate the manufacturers from the drivers. And so you’d have an actual drivers’ championship and an actual producers’ championship.”
Sainz additionally acknowledged that such a radical restructuring of Method 1 is extremely unlikely to ever be applied, given the game’s deep-rooted group identities and business framework. It will additionally take some convincing to get the groups driving in one of the best automobiles, to race for groups behind the sector.
Sainz explains Hamilton’s turnaround in fortunes
Photograph: Race Photos
Photograph: Race Photos
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His feedback come after he beforehand stated that his Ferrari successor Lewis Hamilton, is because of the rules coming in at an ideal time for the seven-time world champion.
Chatting with Marca after Hamilton’s Barcelona GP victory, Sainz stated: “You go to a group with a automobile you do not like and spend three years there with out adapting, or with out the automobile adapting to you. You find yourself trying one-dimensional. You then go to a group with a automobile that fits your model and also you seem like a god. It is a way more difficult sport than individuals suppose, and Lewis has credit score for turning issues round. The change in rules was his luck. If he was nonetheless driving final yr’s automobile, we would not be seeing this model of Hamilton.”
