Carlos Sainz insists he will not be rushed into deciding his Components 1 future regardless of stress from the groups keen to signal him.
The Spaniard is known to have tabled gives from Sauber, Williams, and now Alpine, as he embarks on the subsequent step of his profession after 4 years at Ferrari.
Preliminary most well-liked choices at Pink Bull and Mercedes have come to no avail, and thus Sainz has the duty of choosing the group he believes would be the best prospect sooner or later.
Nonetheless, the wait on his choice is making a logjam within the present driver market, with many groups ready for his transfer to resolve which course they go in subsequent.
Autosport/Motorsport.com has beforehand reported that Williams is starting to lose endurance and has re-opened talks with different choices, regardless of the Madrid-born driver remaining prime of its shortlist.
Talking after his podium end on the Austrian Grand Prix, Sainz stated that he needed to take pleasure in his outcome earlier than contemplating his subsequent step within the driver market.
“As a lot as perhaps there are some groups which can be nervous or pressuring me, it is time for me additionally to take pleasure in this second of being on a podium,” he stated.
Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari
Photograph by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Images
“I’ll be trustworthy and easy with the groups, but it surely’s such an vital choice for me additionally that I’ll take on a regular basis that I have to take it.
“And if there’s groups that can’t wait or are a bit impatient, I can not do something about it.
“It may be my future, my choice, and I’ll attempt to be as trustworthy as attainable with everybody and provides myself the time that I would like.”
Forward of the Pink Bull Ring weekend, Sainz didn’t want to verify which groups he was talking to, and was not “going to provide you a time-frame, as a result of it might preserve altering.”
Alpine is understood to be a pretty choice to Sainz and, though he said earlier than the weekend that he was not present kind, the French group’s latest enchancment will undoubtedly flip heads.
Regardless of group principal Bruno Famin’s assertions that the Renault 2026 powertrain undertaking was on track, it’s understood that returning advisor Flavio Briatore is pushing for a swap to buyer standing with Mercedes energy – one thing that the Italian hopes will sway Sainz’s favour.