Carlos Sainz has become a director of the Formula 1 drivers' body the Grand Prix Drivers' Association. The 30-year-old Spaniard, who has moved from Ferrari to Williams for this season, fills the vacancy left by four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, who retired from F1 at the end of 2022 and stepped down as a GPDA director last year.

Spanish driver Carlos Sainz has become a director at Formula One’s Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, which acts as a union for the grid’s stars

Carlos Sainz has replaced retired four-times Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel as a director of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), the trade union of F1 drivers announced on Sunday.