168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz’s decision to overlook Audi and join Williams for the 2025 F1 season haꦛs been labelled as a “vote of no confidence” in ༒the German outfit’s project.

Sainz had a choice between Williams, Audi and Alpine for next year - ultimately decidingﷺ for the Grove outfit.

It was a big decision for Sainz given Audi and Alpine’s works status - and the resources they have♔ relative to Williams.

However, under James Vowles’ leadership, Williams appear to be moving 🌠in the right direction.

There’s ch🎀aos at Alpine with their yearly management changes, on top of the likely switch to becoming a customer team.

With Audi, they’ve recently made major changes at management level, while Saౠuber’s on-track performance has b☂een abysmal in 2024.

Spe🧸aking on the podc꧅ast, Craig Slater believes it’s indicative of the “turmoil” at Audi.

“I think is was a vote o🌳f no confidence for Sauber/Audi, chiefly when you think about the family connection with Sainz and Carlos Sainz Senior winning Dakar with Audi and the Volkswagen Group,” he said.

“For him to walk away from that when i💙t 🎃seemed the most obvious place for him to go is a clear sign that things are not right there.

“I spoke to someone who has a good window on what the goings on are like currently at♚ that 🎃team.

“H🌳e’s not saying anything which isn’t obvious, but he described it to me꧋ as a mess and observed that this is a team that can’t even put a wheel on a car properly at the moment. So the turmoil at the top is reflective of things going badly wrong at the moment.”

Slater believes the reports of turmoil would have been a “turn-off” for Sainz, particularly given how much 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valtteri Bottas and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zhou Guanyu have struggled this year.

“They, also expressed to me the notion that they have underestimated Audi, and this isn’t the first time ꧃we’ve maybe heard about a manufacturer doing this, how difficult it is to get things right in Formula One in the time of timescale they’re working with,” he explained.

“So I think all of that has been a turn-off for Sainz. I think he is worried if he goes there, he’s in the kind of situation that Bottas and Zhou are in, not much better next year, and who is to 🤡say what happens the year after that as well.

“I think in a way that he has chose🐲n the best option available to him. And yes, I think someone as logical and as practical and pragmatic as Sainz and it’s a shame that he’s kind of in this position, I can’t quite understand t🅷hat.

“But all his driver moves have made sense at the time, it’s just they’ve all not worked out correctly. I think he will look James 🦹Vowles in the 𝔉eye and be convinced by him.

“He’s someone who knows what h♏e is doing and what he is doing with Williams make sense, even if there are some sacrifices along the way and that is not clear at those other teams.”