Carlos Sainz Jnr doesn’t know which team he wants to drive for next year but he does know he isn’t going to sit on the decision much longer.
“A decision will be taken very soon,” he said in today’s press conference, echoing his words on Spanish television a few days ago. “I don’t want to wait any longer.
“It’s getting to a point where it’s obviously taking space out of my head for quite a few weeks now and months. And I think it’s obviously time to make a decision and the decision will be taken soon, and hopefully soon we will have things to talk about.”
It’s 140 days since Lewis Hamilton’s shock move to Ferrari next year was announced and Sainz was made a free agent for next year. Since then several possible destinations for him have closed off: Aston Martin rehired Fernando Alonso and Red Bull extended Sergio Perez’s contract – though it’s doubtful they were every going to bring Sainz back in the fold having decided eight years ago to discontinue his partnership with Max Verstappen.
That leaves the four teams at the back of the grid with vacancies. Of those, Sauber and Williams make the most compelling cases for the future.
Alpine has haemorrhaged top names from its technical division over the past 12 months. Haas lost its original team principal at the start of the season and it remains to be seen whether owner Gene Haas is committed to making a success of it, or whether it might go the way of his soon-to-closed NASCAR squad.
Sauber may be last in the championship but it will soon have the might of Audi behind it, and Sainz knows its CEO Andreas Seidl well from their days at McLaren. Williams makes an intriguing option as its new team principal appears to be finally turning around a once-great outfit which has been out of contention for far too long.
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Today Sainz admitted he doesn’t know which looks the best bet. “No, that’s the thing that I’m still not sure of one way or another,” he admitted. “It’s still something that I’m discussing with my team and brainstorming.
“I need a couple of days back at home. Before the Spanish Grand Prix I’ve been at home but you don’t have the head in the future, you have the head in the Spanish Grand Prix. It’s been a very hectic couple of weeks after Canada for me, so I haven’t had time to really sit…
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