Carlos Sainz at Williams: for the better… and the less worse?

Two things helped put an end to the procrastination of Carlos Sainz concerning his near future: the conviction that Toto wolff et Mercedes will end up announcing the hope Kimi Antonelli as George Russell's teammate next year and the new chance offered to Sergio Pérez. If the Horner/Marko pair had really wanted Sainz to return to the fold Red Bull, she would have long since given notice to the Mexican. Conversely, the team thinks that there are still a few things to do to help friend Checo feel more comfortable in the car and allow him to exploit its potential. She now wants to work over the coming weeks and months on a strategy to ensure they do everything they can to get the best out of Pérez.

Weeks and months incompatible with the schedule of a Spanish pilot risking finding himself without “Plan B” by waiting so much. And then, was it ever really considered? Everything suggests that not, because Red Bull does not want to relive the friction, tensions, even divisions which had ended up settling between the clans Verstappen and Sainz when Max and Carlos were teammates at Toro Rosso in 2015. Cohabitation lasted for a season and a few G