Williams achieved surely the biggest coup of the 2024 Formula 1 driver market by signing Carlos Sainz. The three-time race-winner joins a team who currently sit eighth in the championship. Ferrari informed Sainz in the winter that they wouldn’t renew his contract after reaching an agreement with Lewis Hamilton. Any hope of remaining at the front of the grid quickly evaporated. Former team McLaren had agreed new deals with both drivers, while Sainz was third on Mercedes’ list behind Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli. Red Bull were confident that the world champion would stay and were wary of re…
