Carlos Sainz

I think all of the difficult times, which, good or bad, I've had a few in Formula 1 where things haven't gone the way I would have liked them to go.

At the same time, I've had so many great ones that they compensate for the not so good ones.

But yeah, here I am hustling and finding my way, always finding your own road.

I think every driver has their own pathway, their own road,

through their career and I think I'm in the middle of mine.

Paco was a surprise.

I think if you would have asked the Carlos of the beginning of the year whether you would get on the podium or not, you remember we were in Bahrain.

I think I was fastest in testing.

I was confident.

After that, I said, this car is going to give me maybe a podium.

We had the interview at the end of 24.

I didn't expect Williams to deliver

such a, let's say, competitive car for 25.

JV had promised me the car was a good step ahead, and quite a bit points up on downforce, some setup items that were coming through, and I said, okay, well, for sure podiums, no, but hopefully we become a solid midfield car.

But then we had really good testing here, and I was like, actually, this car, I like it.

We're gonna have fun this year, and maybe I can get a podium this year.

But then the start of the season, I think you all saw how it went.

It was extremely frustrating, probably the most frustrating time in my career.

It was one point in the opening four races, wasn't it?

I don't know.