55 Williams
Carlos Sainz ESP
Williams's big signing, making 8 points feel like hard work in a rebuilding year.
- ChampionshipP17
- Points8
- Car number55
- TeamWilliams
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About
Carlos Sainz won four Grands Prix with Ferrari, including a famous Singapore victory, before the team’s reshuffle sent him to Williams, where he became the centrepiece of their rebuild.
Seventeenth in the 2026 championship on 8 points, the Smooth Operator has endured a season where the car’s pace rarely matched his own. The project is longer than one year, and Sainz races like a man building something.
The Car
Williams FW48
Carlos Sainz drives the FW48 this season, pictured at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix. Photo: Liauzh, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Driver photo: licensed portrait via Wikimedia Commons. Social links point to the driver's public accounts.