That one of Audi’s main wishes Since they announced that they would enter Formula 1 through Sauber starting in the 2026 season, it is Carlos Sainz, it is not a secret to anyone at this point. However, in recent weeks there have been several rumors that have placed the Spaniard far from the four rings mark.
Recently, the Spanish driver himself denied that he had rejected Audi’s offer and, now, Alessandro Bravione of Sauber’s top decision makers, also has denied that they have lowered their interest in Sainz.
“One of the top drivers on the market is Carlos Sainz, he is one of the best and proves to be very mature, very consistent and very strong both in qualifying and in the race,” he said.
Regarding the future of their lineup, Bravi acknowledged that after confirming the signing of Nico Hulkenberg they have little rush to announce the driver who will complete his lineupso they are willing to wait to see how the market moves in the coming weeks.
“But we also know that the driver market does not depend only on us. It depends on different factors. There are many teams that are negotiating their lineups. We have several options for our team.”
“They said there were 14 ‘free’ drivers in China, now they say there are 13 because we confirmed Nico. We continue to evaluate everything, but now that we have Nico we are in no rush to make a decision. We are still at the beginning of everything “he explained.
When asked specifically if they were willing to wait for Sainzstated: “I don’t think we can say if we wait or not. I can say that we are really attentive to what is happening, we are talking to him and also to other drivers.”
Alessandro Bravi also wanted send a message of encouragement to his two current driversValtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou, who in the vast majority of pools do not even appear among the candidates for Sauber drivers in 2025 and Audi in 2026.
“The decision is not easy, because of course we have two good drivers who have been with us for three years, who are performing well, and our goal is to give them a car that has better performance, because that is what they are missing now. So We talked to them first,” he concluded.
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24
Photo by: Erik Junius
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