Mercato, Marko: Audi rush for Sainz does not affect Red Bull

Alonso who verbally excluded Mercedes. Sainz who confirms the time to speed up and make a decision about his future. Perez will announce his candidacy within a month. Again, the constant confirmation of Verstappen’s stay at Red Bull. Then, who will replace Hamilton at Mercedes?

Here, under the sky, the driver market in Formula 1 is a crossroad of fate and choice, not at this early stage of the season and there are likely to be many seats up for grabs.

If the possibility of Verstappen leaving Red Bull is again placed in fantasy, then it is around Carlos Sainz that the market revolves. Fernando Alonso could renew with Aston Martin or have the elusive dream of landing at Red Bull. Red Bull holds Sainz in high regard for Perez’s pursuit.

Marko and Perez the best ever at RB

A great protagonist at the start of the championship, Helmut Marko spoke about the Mexican rider in a regular post-GP segment on Speedweek.

“Checo ran a really tough race, he was unlucky at the pit stop but he got back into the game and passed Hamilton in the R160 corner. He is definitely having the best season with us so far.”.

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Is it enough to get certified? If the market didn’t give Sainz’s name, it probably did, given Ricciardo’s disappointing performance compared to the ever-brilliant and consistent Tsunoda.

Audi “mess” on the market

Marko talks about the market, the unusual situation going on, the trigger and how Red Bull will move.

“In my opinion, the fact that the driver’s market is already disrupted at the beginning of April is due to various reasons. The first is Hamilton’s very early announcement about moving to Ferrari. If you believe the radio paddock, then Audi wants a decision from Carlos Sainz soon. Aston Martin is also applying pressure in many directions.”

What will Sainz do? The Audi project is completely unknown and focused on the medium term. What is certain is that the 2026 started with the right strength training formula from the Ingolstadt company would provide solid foundations for the entire technical cycle.

Red Bull has the largest list of any team in terms of training options in the market for the second seat. Therefore, Mark emphasizes: “We do not participate in these games, you will only hear about Red Bull Racing towards the middle of the seasonabout how things will move forward in personnel matters.”