Carlos Sainz has supplied a glimpse into his future past Method 1, revealing his ambition to compete within the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The Williams driver, at the moment battling by a difficult 2026 marketing campaign with the Grove outfit, not too long ago opened up on the Workforce Torque podcast with team-mate Alex Albon, discussing the place he sees himself in 10 to fifteen years.
When questioned about his long-term plans, the Spanish driver defined: “I see myself competing in another class.” Pressed by his team-mate on whether or not he harbours a ‘guidelines’ of motorsport objectives, Sainz’s response was rapid: “I actually need to do Le Mans.”
Whereas competing within the 24 Hours of Le Mans, particularly within the premier Hypercar class, stays a serious ambition, Sainz additionally floated the concept of a GT3 marketing campaign with mates.
“When you put collectively a superb GT3 staff that I do know I’d have enjoyable with, I might have enjoyable with that,” he mused.
The 31-year-old defined that he would like to take pleasure in motorsport from a unique perspective when he ultimately retires from F1. “I feel in the long run, it’s about having fun with motorsport from a unique place from the one we’re in as we speak,” Sainz mirrored.
Carlos Sainz, Williams
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“Now we’ve a duty, we’ve stress and we’ve a staff to face up for and ship outcomes, however sooner or later we might simply do it for ourselves. Motorsport for pure enjoyment, which I really suppose is the best sport to do.”
This comes amid a difficult season for Williams. Sainz at the moment sits fifteenth within the drivers’ standings with six factors, and his team-mate is sixteenth with 5 factors. Because of this, Williams is ninth within the constructors’ championship with 11 factors.
The F1 paddock is now on its summer season break, however it can resume with the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort from 21-23 August.
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