“Sainz is exceptional, it would be a great honor to have him.”

Carlos Sainz rThe temptation these days is to sign the two powerful offers that are on the table and give Mercedes more leverage to pluck the daisy from Lewis Hamilton’s seat. Both Audi (now Sauber) and Williams know this and cannot stop praising the Spaniard.

“Carlos is an exceptional driver, above all a race winner, and we would be honored to have him, nothing more to say.”– Williams team leader James Vowles openly stated. “Is it a matter of weeks or months?” – he was asked at a press conference of team leaders in Montreal. “One hundred percent I will only be able to say this in December…” he replied.

By your side Andrea Stella, who had him as a driver at McLaren, He praised Carlos’ qualities and his special way of analyzing things. “Carlos is a very interesting driver, in addition to his qualities as a winning driver, he is a very rational driver,” he began.

“Carlos needs to have a plan in his head, find the fastest way to be fast on a lap or in a race. There’s a lot of rationality in his instinct and when that happens he’s very easy to communicate with and you’re a rock on the team because he processes an opportunity or a problem very quickly and he’s very clear and communicates it and that’s very good. and according to these characteristics he becomes a leader,” assured the one who was also Fernando Alonso’s track engineer at Ferrari.

“This is my team and my people studying and analyzing everything, over time we will sit down with all the cards on the table and I will choose the best option that I have,” Carlos insists., which Williams already wants, and Sauber (Audi from 2026) have wanted it for months and are still waiting. Williams in 2025 will be stronger than this Sauber now awaiting landing in Germany, also with a Mercedes engine, half a Mercedes car and ex-Mercedes staff at the helm, as well as excellent connections between them.

The decision could be finalized next week, ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, which runs from June 21-23. an ideal place for advertising, although this is not the limit, it marks exactly the middle of the calendar year, a classic in F1 contracts with its own clauses and deadlines.