Plot twist in Formula 1, step back and start again: the details. The driver’s future changes again
The season of Carlos Sainz in Formula 1 it’s always a pleasure to be complex. If on the one hand, in fact, on the track the results are quite satisfactory considering the general difficulties of Ferrari, on the other hand the Spaniard risks finding himself without a single-seater for the next season.
Four podiums and the extraordinary victory in Australia are a positive haul for Sainz, who despite having to leave Ferrari at the end of the season, is trying to prove more and more that he deserves a place among the greats. But this is precisely where the problems arise. The Spaniard has not yet found a car for the next seasonis stalling and risks that the interested teams will no longer wait for him.
At first it seemed plausible that the Ferrari driver would land in Mercedes, in a “long-distance exchange” with Lewis Hamilton who will join Charles Leclerc starting in 2025. Toto Wolff, however, has different ideas. The team principal wants to start again with a youngster, and sees Kimi as Antonelli the future of the team and of Formula 1 as a whole. Having received a ‘no’ from the Brackley team, Carlos Sainz must think of something else.
Carlos Sainz, uncertain future: the possible scenarios
To tell the truth Carlos Sainz had found a agreement with the Williamsready to offer him a contract for the next seasons. However, everything stopped, at risk of falling apart, when Flavio Briatore, who returned to Formula 1 at the helm of Alpinemade an offer to the Spaniard.
Offer that Sainz, as highlighted by ‘Don Balon’, is evaluating well because the Alpine project, which now seems to have no future, could take a sensational path when, starting from 2026, when the French team will start using Mercedes engines. A situation that has put Sainz in crisis, in balance between choices. There would also be a third, and perhaps even a fourth option for the Spaniard.
The third is represented by Audiwho will enter the circus in 2026 and, apparently, already had a basic agreement with the driver. However, we would have to wait a year, either stopped or at Sauber, which would make Sainz take a huge step back. And finally Red Bullwho has already renewed Sergio Perez’s contract, but the internal situation within the team reveals some discontent and possible upheavals. Perhaps this is why Sainz is stalling. But be careful because time is running out and teams don’t wait that long, not even if your name is Carlos Sainz.
