Does Sainz’s initial F1 leadership Manifesto Idea means for his GPDA director Stint

Carlos SainzMost of the crook drivers entering Formula 1 in 2025 as well as pre-seasons testing press conference presence told a lot about their current position in the championship.

The first is that, at the age of 30 and starting his 11th Grand Prix Racing season, he is now one of the experienced figures of F1 – with his 2015 Toro Roso Debut young man Max Verustapane long gone.

The second is how Sainz chose to use this situation to benefit and benefit his peers.

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He joined Chairman Alexander Wuraz, George Russell and Anastasia Foul (legal lawyer of GPDA) as representatives of the body.

Sainz’s decision to work on behalf of F1 racing pack came in a winter, where he reflected on his age and career achievements. He also felt that as soon as he was leaving the grid behind in swapping Ferrari For WilliamsHe can be well kept well for GPDA, attached to acting away from bitter infectious forearm (see spat running with Russell’s Verstpen).

After calling Vurz, he met in Monaco in January and quickly agreed that Sainz was made to become the second active racing director of GPDA as Vettels retired at the end of 2022.

“Now that I am 30 years old and have 10 years of experience in F1, I start to understand how this game works,” Sainz explained his ambition to join GPDA in Bahrain. “And combining that link with drivers, FOM, and FIA, how with my experience I can potentially bring myself as a candidate.”

Sainz also revealed that GPDA has “three or four things that we need to work and it is going to participate in our time” in 2025. The current driver expression clampdown is being implemented by the FIA, but there is also disappointment with the application of adjusted racing rules and penalty for this year.

“Some of them are private issues we are trying to address in a private way,” Sainz said. “Others are more public.

“You have seen the letter we posted (on GPDA’s Instagram account last November) and the support we have received is not long ago. A similar public address to FIAIt seems that we are all looking in a frame of a uniform mind in that sense. ,

The presence of Sainz with the majority of the 2025 fraud crop meant that he was asked to assess his difficult situation – it was limited to just 1000 km this year with a test of previous cars (TPC).

Through historical reference, back in 2007, Lewis Hamilton Before its debut, was able to log in about 5000 miles in a pre-season running with current and former F1 machinery. The TPC running was more generous for the first upcoming racers.

And, after wishing the miscreants a “All the Best”, Spaniel again demonstrated his calm and intelligence because he presented an idea, which shows how the GPDA would consider many Paddk’s internal sources beyond their years.

“F1, if I am honest, we can try a little in trying to do better work,” he said. “Finally, you have many teams spending infinite amount in the simulator.

“You have a driver flying from Monaco to UK to go to the simulator and I do not understand why we get a three-day test when all that money can be invested in that, I do not know, eight days testing tests-I am not asking too much-I am not asking too much-10 days to 10 days where every team chooses to test their places.

“It is good to do a collective test, I think it should remain, but my proposal will put the number of days in the budget cap, put a simulator in the budget cap and see where the teams want to spend their money – if it is in SIM or it is in 10 test days.

“The miscreants will benefit and I think F1 teams will benefit because even if the simulators are good, they are not as good as some engineers or people believe they are. I will always choose a test than going to a simulator, and also for these people.”

The cost of drivers flying on a regular short-hall trip will need to be balanced against how much will be taken as 75 staff members in the flight to drive a car in the test, in Bahrain or other places, in the pre-season.

But this example alone displays the price of Sainz for his peers and how much he will represent them.