Carlos Sainz does not have a certain future F1. As in other sports disciplines, when the sporting competition is lacking in emotion the market takes care of offering hope and emotions to the fancapable of modifying it status quo. We have demonstrated this with the hiring of Lewis Hamilton on the part of Scuderia Ferrari and with the sudden desire Newey to leave Red Bull. Unfortunately, the present stingy with emotions is compensated by everything that orbits in the complex universe of highest category of motorsports. Is in the Circus through the revolving doors there are those who, despite their undoubted talent, have not yet managed to define their future.
We’re talking about Sainzin fact, excluded from the future programs of prancing Horse when the possibility of signing the Anglo Caribbean champion arose. A hard blow for a pilot who legitimately aspired to continue his adventure in that country Maranello. We must remember that in the last 18 months only the Iberian driver managed to impose himself in the race, in the midst of the unprecedented domination of team Red Bullprecisely a Singapore last year and in Australia a few Sundays ago. As a prized piece of the rider market, with each passing week the options for the future are starting to become more limited.
It’s probably the fault of the Spaniard’s legitimate ambitions who would like to continue fighting in the noble areas of the category through a multi-year project. Confirmation of Alonso he eliminated Aston Martin among the possible destinations of the son of the two-time world champion rally. The best version of Sergio Perez for several months now it has been facilitating the confirmation of the Mexican pilot in Red Bull in the role he finally seems to have accepted: second driver with constant performance without ambitions to subvert the hierarchies within the team Austrian from F1.
Mercedes with the growth program of Kimi Antonelli suggests that the medium-term future of the team includes the leap of the young talent from Bologna into the seat of the cars managed by Toto Wolff. Scheduling according to which the three-pointed star does not intend to bond with a pilot in the long term, but only the time necessary for Kimi is ready to debut in the top category.
F1, Sainz waits in vain?
Obviously Carlos is looking for a multi-year project and not to be a passing figure in the next professional experience. However, seats still free that can satisfy the needs of the Iberian driver are practically sold out, net of Audi. Yesterday, Nico Hulkenberg has formed a multi-year contract that will tie him to the Sauber team from next year and subsequently ad Audi when the entrance to the house of the four rings officially debuts in Formula 1 in the season 2026. The hiring of the German driver is also a clear message to those who aspire to the second seat.
Audi is in a hurry to complete the lineupunless one of Valtteri Bottas And Zhou Zhou Guanyu you don’t agree to run only in the 2025 and then leave the steering wheel to the driver identified by Audi for the season 2026. Which would mean that Sainz could settle for a one-year deal with the three-pointed star before agreeing to a multi-year contract with Audi. Objectively that of Sainz It’s a surreal situation. A capable pilot who over the course of his decades of experience in F1 he managed to combine profitable driving, speed and an unexpected ability to compete in hand-to-hand duels.
An old saying goes that those who want too much get nothing. Probably the management of the Iberian pilot in the search for a solution that meets all the requests of his client, he discarded too many options and Carlos now he finds himself in the difficult position of choosing between offers that guarantee him competitiveness for a limited period of time or a long-term project in which he will have to suffer at least in the first few seasons.
In short, that of Sainz it’s a life as a midfielder, as in the famous song by Ligabue, football metaphor that expresses the effort to show the world one’s value, in which success must be earned with sweat and will, despite the undoubted talent.
Author and graphics: Roberto Cecere – @robertofunoat
Images: Audi – Scuderia Ferrari
