Carlos Sainz maximizes his Williams FW48 in Monza Qualifying

Saturday, 5 October 2026:

- Free Practice 3: P16, 1:23.875, 28 laps

- Qualifying: P15, 1:23.453, 15 laps

• Carlos Sainz set the fifteenth fastest time of the Qualifying session, but is set to start tomorrow from thirteenth due to other drivers serving grid penalties.
• The Williams race driver fine-tuned the set-up of his FW48 this morning, which was key in making the cut in Q1 (1:23.616), which was a tricky endeavour despite the tow of his teammate Alexander Albon.
• The Spanish driver found two tenths in Q2 (1:23.453), which allowed him to beat Haas’ Esteban Ocon and therefore maximize all the performance that his car had available in this racetrack.

QUOTES:

"We tried a few things yesterday and this morning, which got the car into a better place. We did all we could today and maximized the result. A clean lap in Q1 and a good lap in Q2 to be ahead of Ocon - meaning I'll be starting P13 tomorrow. Let's see what we can do tomorrow from there!".

COMING UP:

Sunday, 6 September 2026:

- Race: 15:00 local time (15:00 CEST)