Carlos Sainz 'visits' F1 team as race for 2025 signing hots up

Carlos Sainz and Checo Perez — Photo: © IMAGO

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Sainz 'visits' F1 team as race for 2025 signing hots up

Carlos Sainz visited F1 team this winter as talks ramp up

By Shay Rogers.

Thursday 15 February 2024 15:57

Carlos Sainz is reported to have visited another Formula 1 team, as he looks for a new job ahead of the 2025 season.

Lewis Hamilton's shock switch to Ferrari means that Sainz will lose his seat at the end of the upcoming season, although he's unlikely to be short of suitors.

There are plenty of options for next year, but one that he appears interested in is Williams, with the Spaniard having ‘visited’ the team at the end of last season according to the BBC.

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The upwards trajectory of the team over the last year may make any opening under James Vowles more encouraging, with the project trending in a positive direction.

Carlos Sainz enters his fourth season with Ferrari in 2024

Lewis Hamilton replaces Carlos Sainz at Ferrari for 2025

Williams project on the up

A youthful leadership and ambitious project could make it an attractive opening for Sainz, who will be seeking long-term stability for his career going forward.

Alternatively, he could aim to reunite with former employer Red Bull, with Sergio Perez set to be out of contract at the end of the season.

Having raced alongside Max Verstappen at Toro Rosso in 2015, and through the first four races of 2016, he knows what it would take to beat the Dutchman.

Rather uniquely, he has time to make a decision, with the whole season to play out before he is forced to make a decision on his Formula 1 future.

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