The battle for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz’s future is heating up at Silverstone.

The Ferrari driver🌟 will be replaced byജ Lewis Hamilton next season, so is plotting his next move.

The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2025 F1 driver line-up hinges on where Sainz pledges his future.

Williams, Sauber and Alpine are the three teams credited with the strongest interest, 👍but M🐷ercedes could surprisingly re-enter the mix.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, tไheir 17-year-old prodigy, is ninth in Formula 2 after seven rounds and Mercedes haven’t yet committed to him by offering him an F1 deal.

Mercedes boss Toto Wol♉ff was asked by  if Sainz is still an option ⛦for him.

“I don't want to make a decision quickly. But yes, he is,” Wolff r𓃲eplieꦅd.

“If we have more time to decide, Carlos is definitely still an opportunity, but Carlos needs to make a decision about what he does with th💖e otheಞr teams.

“I think we have narrowed down the ❀group of drivers we want to work with in the future. And we want to make a decision in favour of what Mercedes can have in the next five-six years.

“And Kimi and Geor﷽ge have been our junior drivers for a long🐻 time and I would like to stay true to the program.

“That said, with Carlos, you have a certain value, especially in a very close championship next year you have another driver who is going to be very competitive, who if our car is good, could help us secure a fight for the cons🐲tructors' championship.

“There are certainly many𝓡 arguments in favour. That's why I also want to take my time with the decision and keep all options open for as long as possible.

“And when I spoke to Carlos I already told him: ‘I'm not sure yo🐲u can wait as long as I would like you to wait.’”

Wol🌱ff appeared to hint at Silverstone th꧂at Sainz had re-entered his thinking.

Wolff said about A☂ntonelli, the apparent frontrunner for the 2025 Mercedes seat: “He has a lot of pressur🤡e. He’s been talked a lot about.

“His junior formula and go-karting track record is one of a kind. And that’s clear tha🗹t the pressure ramps up.

“It’s like his father says, a champion needs to be thrown iꦺnto cold water and needs to swim. So they are very clear about tꦑhat.

“But the driver market at the moment is quite a dynamic, interesting thing. I think because some of the drivers have more options, and some of the teams𝕴 have more options.

“So it’s… interesting. And you know it’s like Bernie said,🍃 last week I have an opinion, this week I have a different one.”

Have Alpine won the race for Sainz?

However, in Italy they are certain that Flavio Briatore’s Alpine will win the race for Sainz♋’s signature☂.

Briat🐬ore, who signed Michael Schumacher to Benetton and Fernando Alonso to Renault, has made an F1 comeback with 🐠Alpine.

He will convi🐈nce Sainz to sign on the dotted line for Alpine in a project tailored to the 2026 engine rules,&n🍌bsp;report.

Willia𓂃ms team p🃏rincipal James Vowles said at Silverstone he has prepared a Plan Y and Plan Z, if he loses out on Sainz.

“I’ll go back t🐎o saying he’s a world clas💖s driver,” Vowles said.

“The decision isn’t imminent. It’s not that w𒁏e need to make it today, anꦇd what I’ve said all along is that the timeline isn’t important to me.

“What’s important is that whatever decision we come to or the driver comes to it’s about forging a long-term relationship with 🎃each other – i.e. we both see the journey we’re on and want that to be a part of their lives.

“I’m fairly sure you’ll see th💜is all cleaned up before we get to September, which is the normal time if you look at it as a team.

“We are just now going back into a normal schedule where August is spent doing contracts, but I’m pretty sure you’ll find it al♍l finalised by then.”