Belgian Grand Prix Formula 1 2024: the Alps lose strength to Sainz and Williams climbs completely

LThe decision can be A matter of hours or so it seems, At the approach of the deadline that he himself had marked for several months: to arrive for the summer holidays with the resolution of the decision of his future.

It seems, because it is not possible to be one hundred percent sure, that Carlos Sainz will be able to communicate in the coming hours with the team to which he will go in 2025 And the following years in Formula 1 and Williams gained a lot of strength. His father and manager, kako Oro, were not caught leaving Williams ‘ mobile home in Spa on Friday , but the circumstances and movements of the past weeks, and even days, are pushing him towards the historic British team that James is guiding today The bug.

The head of Williams Formula 1 circuits did not hide his interest in Carlos, even last week in Hungary. “I like that. He is a world champion in many aspects. There are many reasons for saying this: he knows what he is talking about. In the case of Carlos Sainz, I understand his position. To some extent, his dream was to be in a Ferrari or in a high-level team and this does not happen and it takes a period of adaptation to accept it,” the Williams boss said a few days ago.

“My goal is just to put everything on the table. That’s what we can offer, if you want, great, we’re here, but being a trampoline team I don’t see it at all and it’s important for us. I think we’ve been quite upfront and open about who we’d like to sign, but that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily going to happen. What I’m going to say is this, what I want is a driver who also wants to be part of our journey, who really wants to understand what Williams is, old and New”.

Carlos is interested in the project, with Mercedes engine of the year 2026 And with the recent hiring of technicians to get out of the low zone of the table, something that they are achieving in some specific tracks this year Albon. With Carlos in their ranks, the size of the blue team will be able to make a big leap from 2025 and especially, in two years, with the new technical regulations.

Rumors about Bottas

He is also Rumors In the’ ring’, Williams also does not want to let the summer pass without acquiring the full lineup for next year, after the replenishment of Alex Albon on May 15. “There may be an announcement with Bottas on Tuesday.”, They commented on Marca on Sunday at Spa. It may be a trick, to speed up the whole process or the final trigger for signing Sainz. But it is clear that The warnings have been said insistently and have not been carried out on previous occasions. It doesn’t seem to be working… As in this case.

The Mercedes options, Who wants Verstappen At any cost, and if it does not happen, TI’ve got the Rhine covered by Kimmy Antonelli, Seems to be limited to Spanish, especially, They force him to wait almost until the end of the season.

In the case of Red Bull, I assure from the team that no one will move for the next year from his seat, neither Max , nor the Czech, Whose examination of three jobs was more a journalistic story than a real one.

Alpine loses the blower

Williams, Alps and Sauber It seems that he has options on the table , but the demolition is broadcast live with Flavio Briatore As an outlet, it does not make anything attractive to go to Instone for the next few years. They can pull the shutter down at any time. In the case of Sauber, Mattia Binotto took control of the reconfiguration of Audi’s strategy, signing the technicians and the driver they lost (next to Hulkenberg), But the rumors coming from the project are not good. They are said to be going Two years late on the 2026 chassis In terms of the big teams and that To make henwell an attractive place for the arrival of good engineers It’s an almost impossible task.

It seems that Williams is on the verge of falling, but it looked like that in Barcelona just six weeks ago and did not bear fruit To the first the Sauber is not excluded , but it seems that Alpine s is out of the equation now. Next week, we’ll see.