“We also haven’t had the cars in the same spec for a period of time. Some of that’s still due to the earlier damage that we’re building up to, some of that is because we pulled forward upgrades, and there was simply not enough to put across two cars.
“He is continuously evolving as an individual, as I hope he would be in that circumstance. Is he where I need him to be target-wise? And that’s the big question of things. We need more from him, really, to be able to save his seat in that sort of circumstance.”
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Those comments come amid Vowles and Williams’ publicly declared interest in signing outgoing Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz to partner Albon from next season, albeit facing competition from rival teams to secure his services.
Asked about Sainz in Montreal, Vowles said: “He’s a race-winning driver that last year against all odds beat Max [Verstappen] in Singapore with a brilliant drive, and that’s not the first time. He’s intelligent how he approaches things, logical, incredibly quick.
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