Williams F1 boss James Vowles gave a funny solution to Carlos Sainz to get rid of his bad luck, saying that getting 13 cats like Alex Albon might help his situation. Britton also mentioned how Albon visited various temples around the world to get rid of his bad luck in 2024.
Williams shared a glimpse of a team meeting through Instagram on Saturday, which was led by team boss James Vowles and took a hilarious turn. Racers Ale Albon and Carlos Sainz were also present next to the boss at the meeting.
In the clip, Vowles can be heard saying that he went on a cycle ride around the Monza circuit with Sainz, only for his bike to malfunction just after three laps. He then humorously said that he does not want to see this happen to the cars during the race weekend.
Sainz jumped in, saying that it could well happen given his bad luck in 2025. Vowels then urged Sainz to take up teammate Alex Albon's methods to get rid of his bad luck:
"The next thing what I was gonna say Carlos is this actually is Alex's area of expertise. He has temples all over the world where he got rid of this last year," said Vowles.
"It does work. And probably 13 cats is what you have to get as well. There's a couple of things to help you on the way," he added.
In the briefing, Vowles also shared that Williams has availed their right to review Carlos Sainz's penalty that he received at the Dutch GP for the incident with Liam Lawson.
Sainz and Vowles strongly protested the penalty and the latter has now added that they have reviewed the decision as they wish to gather a better understanding of how to go racing in the future.
F1 pundit believes Ferrari is 'missing Carlos Sainz'
While Carlos Sainz has shared his thoughts on Ferrari's SF-25, the 1997 F1 world Champion, Jacques Villeneuve (now an F1 pundit), believed that the Italian team was missing its former racer.
Villeneuve gave a strange take during the Dutch Grand Prix race weekend:
"Maybe they're missing Carlos Sainz at Ferrari. Ultimately, we're seeing who was working on the team. And we kept saying, every time Carlos joins a team, the team goes up, every time he leaves it, that team goes down. And that happened again. Williams has been going up, Ferrari has been going down."
Sainz has been competing at the top level of motorsports since 2015. Over the years, he has represented teams like Toro Rosso (Racing Bulls), Renault (Alpine), McLaren, Ferrari, and the Williams F1 (current) team.
It is going to be fascinating to see how fruitful Sainz's sting with Williams will eventually pan out. The 2025 F1 has not gone in Sainz's way, as after 15 races, he is in 17th place in the drivers' standings with 16 points. Sainz's teammate Alex Albon is in eighth with 64 points.