Carlos Sainz Jnr’s rivals say its “obscure” why he’s taking so lengthy to resolve which staff to drive for subsequent yr.
The Ferrari driver admitted the deliberations over his vacation spot for 2025 are taking over a whole lot of his time outdoors of race weekends.
Sainz has recognized since February he’ll lose his Ferrari drive to Lewis Hamilton subsequent yr. He’s believed to be contemplating Williams, Alpine and Sauber as potential locations subsequent yr. The latter will develop into Audi’s works groups in 2025.
He stated the negotiations are taking over “rather a lot” of his time between races. The British Grand Prix is the third occasion on consecutive weekends.
“Mondays to Thursday, earlier than I arrive to the observe, there’s a whole lot of cellphone calls, a whole lot of time spent on the cellphone, conferences with my administration staff but additionally with the groups that I’m speaking to, attempting to grasp and attempting to have a full image of the scenario,” Sainz informed media together with RaceFans in the present day. “And it’s most likely fairly annoying and time consuming.
“As a substitute of perhaps having the ability to absolutely disconnect and recharge, clearly your thoughts continues to be some other place and fascinated about your future and questioning what is going to or not it’s? So not a perfect scenario.
“On the identical time, after I arrive on Thursday I really feel like I’m capable of carry out as quickly as I get into an engineering assembly. As quickly as I put the helmet on, I really feel 100% within the automotive. And I feel the Austria weekend form of proves that I’m nonetheless at a really excessive degree and acting at considered one of my greatest seasons in Method 1.
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“However as I’ve at all times stated, I’m not going to be a hypocrite, I imagine there’s at all times extra efficiency in being in a steady contract scenario than being the place I’m at now. So I’m by no means going to disclaim myself on that [which] I’ve stated at all times.”
Right now Haas confirmed Oliver Bearman will be a part of them as a brand new driver final yr, which implies not less than one member of the present area will lose their seat on the finish of the yr. A number of groups are believed to be ready for Sainz to resolve his subsequent transfer earlier than committing to their line-up for subsequent yr.
Sainz added he’s “determined to not speak any extra about my future till I take the choice.”
Zhou Guanyu, one of many drivers who’s with no contract for subsequent yr, is mystified why Sainz it taking so lengthy to make his thoughts up.
“It’s obscure simply because it’s not that tough to make his choice,” stated the Sauber driver. “You’re probably not making a choice of a staff perhaps preventing for a world championship, you’re making a choice between, let’s say, mid-running groups, relies upon the place you need to head off. So I don’t know what he’s considering, however we’re simply ready for him nothing extra.”
Zhou, who’s in his third season of F1, stated having to attend this lengthy to find whether or not he can have a drive subsequent yr was “not one thing I anticipated.”
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“I really feel like he’s holding up, in fact, everybody’s choice. However at some stage, I don’t assume that is [just] the drivers. I feel the staff can have some form of deadline, not less than, as a result of you’ll be able to’t be simply ready for him making his thoughts clear.
“So it’s bizarre or unusual in a means clearly for me to expertise that for the primary time. Additionally I feel for lots of others as drivers on the grid.
“However there’s nothing we will do. Now we have to attend. However then we’re beginning to speak, making open conversations with totally different groups so we will have the choices open if there’s [anything] obtainable.
Zhou stated he believes he has “multiple” possibility to remain on the grid subsequent yr.
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