Carlos Sainz’s reasonableness as a “No2” driver could cost him a Red Bull move, Damon Slope says.
Sainz has no drive gotten for 2025, when he will be supplanted at Ferrari by Lewis Hamilton.
Red Bull will likewise have an opportunity except if they select to give Sergio Perez another agreement.
“It would be a tragedy in the event that Carlos doesn’t wind up in a front-running crew one year from now,” ex-F1 champion Slope told Sky Sports.
“He should be in a top group. He’s running at the front.
“What’s accessible? Mercedes is the conspicuous one.
“Red Bull? I can’t understand how that functions, with Max there.
“The group is controlled by the Verstappen family, right? It is fundamentally their group.
“I can’t understand how they will permit anybody…
“Except if he is ready to be a decent No2.
“However at that point, Checo is doing an excellent work there, doing that job.”
The fragile idea of being a No2 driver may be the critical standards for Red Bull to choose Verstappen’s partner one year from now.
Perez, this year, has made a heavenly showing by completing three out of four grands prix in P2 behind Verstappen, conveying Red Bull their fantasy result.
Be that as it may, the beyond two grands prix won by a non-Red Bull driver have both been won by Ferrari’s Sainz.
He has likewise conquered supplement a medical procedure, which implied he skirted one round this year, to win in Australia and finish on the platform in Japan.
Ferrari, with Sainz and Charles Leclerc, don’t work with a strategy of a No1 and a No2 driver.
In any case, at Red Bull obviously Verstappen is the top man. Furthermore, they could feel somewhat wary about whether Sainz will acknowledge assuming a supporting role.
