Sainz has delivered consistently better than Logan Sargeant

GROVE, UK—Williams Racing has reportedly sent a piping hot tray of thank-you lasagna to Scuderia Ferrari following the team’s best start to a Formula 1 season in nearly a decade—all thanks to one beautifully misguided decision in Maranello: firing Carlos Sainz.

The lasagna, made fresh in a local Oxfordshire Italian bistro and hand-delivered to Ferrari’s hospitality suite, came with a handwritten note that read: “Grazie for the driver. Please return the Tupperware after our next podium.”

After being unceremoniously replaced by Lewis Hamilton for the 2025 season, Sainz joined Williams—a move initially seen as a career-ending step. But just a few races in, Sainz has delivered consistently better than Logan Sargeant—a bar that wasn’t set too high—and brought a new sense of purpose to a team whose definition of success was previously “not finishing last.”

“It’s going better than we ever imagined,” said Williams team principal James Vowles. “He’s fast, gives great feedback, and doesn’t crash all our cars. It’s been a refreshing change.”

Ferrari, meanwhile, has had a decent start. Charles Leclerc continues his mission to get into arguments with his race engineer and emotionally disintegrate, while Lewis Hamilton has described the SF-25 as “a vehicle with secrets.” So far, Hamilton is on Section 1 of his Italian lessons on Duolingo so he can translate those secrets.

Sainz, however, seems completely reborn. “At first, I thought Williams was a punishment,” he said. “But then I remembered—it is a punishment.”

The paddock has taken notice. “Carlos is clearly driving like a man with nothing to lose and everything to prove,” said analyst Rachel Hartley. “It’s the most dangerous version of any F1 driver—imagine what he'd do if he had an appendix!”

As for Ferrari, the lasagna reportedly caused some confusion. “They weren’t sure if it was a threat,” said one paddock insider. “But Vasseur ate it.”

Back at Williams HQ, the mood is optimistic. “Carlos gave us something this team hasn’t seen in years,” Vowles said. “A reason to believe. And also a really awkward conversation with Logan Sargeant when he hit me up.”

With Sainz dragging Williams back into respectability, one thing is clear: Ferrari may have fired their driver—but Williams hired their future.