Carlos Sainz
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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.