Former F1 driver Anthony Davidson has tipped 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz to join Sauber - soon-to-be Audi - after losing his Ferrari seat to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton.

Sainz’s time with Ferrari comes to an end at the end of 2024 after Hamilton’s bombshell decision to join the Scuderia next year alongside 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc.

This 🐟means that the Spaniard’s future is uncertain,🐻 although he’s been linked with a host of teams.

One recurring li🌟nk has been Sauber, who will be taken over by German 🐲manufacturer Audi in 2026.

Sainz has been mooted as their number𓃲 one candidate to lead the team, particularly given his father - Carlos Sainz Snr’s - links to the out🍃fit.

The two-time F1 race winner has also been linked with Me🦂rcedes and Red Bullꦬ.

Speaking during F1’s c🀅overage of pre-season testing in Bahrain, Davidson 🌠explained why he’s convinced Sainz will make the move to Hinwil.

“I assume that’s going to happen,” he said. “I jus𒅌t think that’s a very good place for an experienced, professional racer l♊ike he is to end up, to help nurture a new team.

“It’s still Sauber, of course, but there’ll be new people within that team that want to make their own mark and moment in tim༺e in Formula 1 and I think he will be a brilliant driver to help guide and measure the aspirations – perhaps slight overoptimism as well – in some moments.

“I think he’s an excellent driver. And we see it at Ferrari as well, when sometimes the strategy is wavering a little bit, going off-piste slightly, he’s always there to rein it back in and k🐼eep people’s feet on the ground.

“I see him as that kind of stalwart, a driver that speaks with authority. I think that will go a long way if he turns up at Audi and I wouldn’t be surprisꦕed in the slightest.”

Sa🌞inz was the only non-Red Bull driver to win in✅ 2023, winning the Singapore Grand Prix.

He was also set ♐to out-score teammate Leclerc before struggling for form in the final run of races.

Davidson hailed Sainz as a great “professional” a♒nd a “very wise driver”.

“Ferrari were the [only]ꦯ other team than Red Bull to win a race🐲 last year and Carlos was that driver to make it happen,” he added.

“Carlos is such a professional. That’s howౠ I see him. He’s always there, a solid driver. I think, in mixed conditions, he’s very, very good.

“Such a wise head that he has and he showcased that brilliantly in Singapore last year, playing the old DRS game with his good old buddy Lando Norris behind them, using him ba🤪sically to protect himself w😼ith the DRS.

“How clever is that? So he’s a very wise driver.

“I’m sure he’s got a lot of fans out there that are gutted to see him going, but when ဣLewis Hami🎶lton comes knocking at the door it’s hard not to open it.”