Carlos Sainz He is a strong contender for the seat vacated by Lewis Hamilton at the end of the Formula 1 season. Silver Arrows boss Toto Wolff has praised the Spaniard and set a date for when they will make the decision: it will be this next summer.
“Carlos Sainz deserves Australia’s victory after his appendicitis operation,” explains Hamilton and Mercedes boss George Russell.
He believes he reacted perfectly to losing his seat at Ferrari: “They told him you wouldn’t be here anymore… and ‘bang'”
“We go from young drivers to more experienced ones. Carlos is doing very well. We will decide in summer“, said Wolff in comments reported by ‘Motorsport’.
Formula 1 returns next weekend at Japan. A new opportunity for Sainz to show that he is ready to occupy any place on the grid: whether it is Mercedes… or Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen.