Carlos Sainz has signed a brand new contract to remain on the Williams workforce into 2027 and past.
The Spaniard, 31, joined them in 2025 within the hope they’d obtain their ambition of being challengers in Components One once more.
Together with his present deal ending on the finish of this season, Sainz has determined to signal “a multi-year contract”, regardless of a hunch in type for a workforce that received the final of their 9 constructors’ championships in 1997.
The announcement follows team-mate Alex Albon’s new one-year deal for 2027.
In an announcement Sainz stated: “I really consider within the those that type this workforce, each on the manufacturing unit and on the racetracks, and the investments and onerous work which can be taking place within the background.
“We now have what it takes to show this round collectively. I am as dedicated as I used to be on day one to serving to get Williams again to the place it belongs, and I look ahead to creating extra recollections with the workforce.”
Sainz, who received 4 grands prix whereas at Ferrari from 2022-4, had picked Williams for 2025 over a chance to turn out to be the main target of the Audi workforce, which made its debut this yr after shopping for the Swiss Sauber outfit.
However though he was pleasantly shocked by the workforce’s type in 2025, throughout which he claimed two podiums, he has been lower than impressed by their subsequent regression.
Workforce principal James Vowles had focused this season because the time Williams would make a major step.
The workforce completed fifth within the constructors’ championship this season, progress that was forward of schedule, however their new automobile was late and obese firstly of the season. The workforce are presently ninth of the 11 groups on the midway level of the 2026 season.
Vowles has stated the stress of manufacturing an all-new automobile to the revised 2026 guidelines had examined the manufacturing unit past its limits. However he believed subsequent adjustments had put the workforce in a greater place for the longer term and was delighted with Sainz’s extension.
“Carlos’ expertise behind the steering wheel and dedication again on the manufacturing unit have been extraordinarily helpful for this challenge – working day in, time out together with his engineers to search out each millisecond,” added Vowles.
“He’s a frontrunner of this workforce, and I am thrilled that he can see what’s doable as we proceed to rebuild it.
“It is not simply his race craft and pace that stand out however the work he does behind the scenes within the pursuit of excessive efficiency. Carlos shares the idea and ambition we’ve got at Williams and is pushing day-after-day to ship it.”
