These drivers have a good idea what is going on. If Sainz passes on Audi, he knows his chances of picking up RBR or Merc are pretty good. He definitely knows something.
That's a big risk. Betting on the moves of several teams and drivers.
I wounder why sainz rejected them..it would super neat to read about how these negtiations and discussions happen for drivers.
I wonder how much driver shuffle will really happen. There is an open seat at Merc, one at Hass and one at Sauber. I don't think there are any others at the moment.
Right now we have Sainz, Bottas, and Zhou looking for a seat. I don't really think Bottas or Zhou will find a seat unless Hass decides to pick one up. Though they have already suggested that Bearman might drive for them(I hope he gets something better). I think Sainz will find a seat, but at the moment he really only has Merc as a good option. I guess we will see if they are interested.
If there isn't a big driver shuffle he might not get something he likes or maybe nothing if he keeps holding out for something better.
Alpine and Haas have both seats open (Alpine may want to keep their drivers, but do they want to stay? Questionable). The second seats at RBR, RB and Williams are also open (with one RB seat taken by Lawson, the other one might end up being Tsunoda but who knows).
But yeah, Sainz pretty much only would want the seat at Mercedes or RBR. Everything else is a downgrade.
https://www.planetf1.com/news/f1-2025-driver-line-up-confirmed-grid I found this so there are more open seats than I thought, though some of them seem to be open due to the end contracts. So it is possible for the current driver to keep the seat. And yep are only two seats that Sainz might actually want. I figure if he doesn't get one of them we might see him at Williams. At least they have heritage and have a good possibility of being best of the rest
I would love to see Stroll get the boot so Sainz and Alonso could be teammates, I bet that would be fun. But we all know that we will see the heat death of the universe before Stroll loses his seat.
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