168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz has revealed his father remains disappointed that he opted to turn down Audi for F1 2025.

Four-time grand prix winner Sainz chose to join Williams after losing his Ferrari seat to seven-time world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton, but the Spaniard is understood to have had offers from the soon-to-be Audi 🎉teꦗam and Alpine.

Sainz confirmed that he had a “great offer” from the curreღnt Sauber squad and says his two-time World Rally champion father wanted him to join the German manufacturer. Carlos Sainz Sr won his fourth Dakar Rally with Audi last year.

“My father, Carlos, is still disappointed that I didn’t choose Audi’s great offer a few months ago,” Sainz told German publꦯication .

“After my dream of moving to Red Bull or Mercedes fell through, 𓃲I had to decide between Audi, Alpine, ෴and Williams.

“After visiting the factories♈ and having discussions, my gut feeling immediately൩ told me - go to Williams. They want a better future. And when my heart also said yes, the decision was made.

“I hope that my father, who had great times with Audi, will soon be happy🌼 that I chose Wil🎀liams.”

Sainz buoyed by Williams’ positive start

Williams enjoyed a strong pre-season t♔est in Bahrain and have been tipped to make a step forward compared to last year.

Speaking ahead of this weekend’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Sainz insisted he has been encouraged by his first impression of the Grove-based outfꦑit.

“It's definitely been a positive sta🎐rt. As I've said many times now, the positive st💧art began in the Abu Dhabi test,” he explained.

“As soon as I jumped into the car and started working with the people I was going to work with this year, I felt I h�♏�ad just joined a team full of motivation - full of people wanting to bring this team back to the front.

"The car also didn’t disappoint me. It was a good test overall in Abu Dhabi, and we've had a strong winter in development. We'veꦜ tried to ♏hit the ground running this year, and we've had a positive test.

“Having said that, what you call positive - are we going to be half a second, one second off the leaders, I don't know. But hopefully, we can show ꧋progress.

“I think that's the fundamental word for us this year: keep showing progress as a team and see where we end💖 up.”

Sainz added: “Progress means being mওore competitive, fixing the things we didn’t get right la♌st year.

“So far, testing has been positive - reliability, weight of the car, just simple things that maybe in the past, Williams wasn't getting spot on. This year, it’s been the case, and t🔥hat's exactly what I mean by progress.

"Happy faces, happy people. I see people full of motivation and that's what I car🐲e about the most because that's what's going to sustain medium to long-term success.”