SHANGHAI, China – Red Bull are conversing with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz about a drive for 2025 yet Audi have offered him undeniably more, the caffeinated drink brand’s motorsport specialist Helmut Marko said on Thursday.
Sainz, 29, should pass on Ferrari toward the finish of the time to clear a path for Mercedes’ seven-times best on the planet Lewis Hamilton.
The Spaniard, race champ in Australia last month, told correspondents at the Chinese Stupendous Prix on Thursday that all his most ideal choices stayed open and it would require an investment to arrive at a choice
Sainz has been connected to Red Bull as conceivable partner for triple title holder Max Verstappen, reproducing their 2015-16 Toro Rosso arrangement, in the event that Mexican Sergio Perez doesn’t have his agreement restored.
Marko told Austria’s Kleine Zeitung paper that Sainz was of interest.
“We’re conversing with him, he’s having his most grounded season in Recipe One,” said the Austrian. “Yet, he has an extremely rewarding proposal from Audi that we can’t match or beat.”
Audi are entering Equation One of every 2026 when Swiss-based Sauber, such a long ways without a point in four races this season, become the German maker’s processing plant group.
Marko said the accomplished Perez was additionally having his best season since going along with them in 2021.
“In the event that he keeps up with these exhibitions like those in passing in Japan, he is absolutely the most ideal choice for 2025 at Red Bull,” he added.
“He is a laborer for the group and has now likewise understood that the fundamentally unique way he required last year with set-up was some unacceptable one. Presently the vehicle is nearer to Max’s set-up and that helps him.”
Australian Daniel Ricciardo has likewise been in the casing for a potential re-visitation of the super Red Bull group yet still can’t seem to champion himself at the renamed RB, the outfit recently known as AlphaTauri and Toro Rosso.
Marko said that up to this point Yuki Tsunoda had Ricciardo “taken care of”.
“The test for him (Ricciardo) was that he obviously must be quicker than Yuki to have any desire for winning the seat at Red Bull. That hasn’t been the case up to this point, regardless of whether, as I said, it was close. We’ll perceive the way this creates,” he said. REUTERS
