168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Albon’s F1 career prospects could be made a “little bit more difficult” if he doesn’t fare well against 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz in 2025, according to Johnny Herbert.

Sainz will race for Williams in 2025 after losing his Ferrari drive to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton.

The Spania🍬rd will go up against Albon, who has slowly rebuilt his reputation since his days with🥀 Red Bull.

The Thai driver dismantled 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nicholas Latifi and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Logan Sargeant but faced pressure from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Colapinto, particularly in the first few races of the Argentine’s sh𒁃ort 🃏Williams stint.

Some questions were raised about how good Albon is, given the i♑dentity of his recent teammates post-Max Verstappen.

Speaking to , Herbert described the challenge of going up 🅘agai꧟nst Sainz for Albon as “a big test”.

“This season is a big test for Alex Albon,” he said. “This is🉐 really where, for🥃 almost the second time, this is probably the real proper test of where if he doesn’t go quite right, it’s going to make his career that little bit more difficult.

“Especially if somebody like Carlos Sainz comes in I expect him to be on it straightaway. I know he had his problems ini꧂tially when he went to Ferrari and it took Sainz a long time before he got his head around how the Ferrari worked. But then once he got his head around it we saw how strong he was.

“But everybody forgets abo🐎ut those first couple of years that he did 🎐struggle quite a lot and openly he said that he was struggling as well. But when he got into Williams in Abu Dhabi he seemed to be very sort of a home straightaway. Very quick.”

Williams looking to the future

On paper, 2024 was disappointing for Williams✱ as they slipped back to ninth in the constructors’ championship.

While their overall results were disappointing, Williams have undergo🍌ne significant changes behind the scenes⛄ to prepare themselves for the future.

One key change has been their design philosophy and how they develop ꦆparts - led by boss James Vowles.

Traditio♔nally, Williams have excelled in low downforce circuits, often having a peaky car, but then struggling at the majority of other circuits.

Herbert is confi🎉dent Sainz can aid Williams’ progression in the coming years.

“As we expect at the moment, Sainz is full of confidence and he’s going to be able to use that to the best of his ♌abilitie𒈔s,” Herbert added.

“It’s a great oppo꧂rtunity for Williams to have someone like him on board. Hopefully, they’re goi꧋ng to be developing that a little bit more.

“And Albon, I know, has come out and said it’s an important time for Williams to step up and get themselves in a much stronger position, constructors’ and drivers, but he’s going to be that massive mental batt𝓰le against Sainz.

“Albon has been able to rebuild his career at Williams and has a great ꧅reputation, but now he’s up against a guy that has been really shining brightly of recent times. It’s going to be a test for him.

“It’s going to be a good thing for Sainz because obviously if he is, and they are both cl🎀ose together, it could push each driver to be better than last year.”