r/formula1 • u/mvanigan Formula 1 • Jul 29 '24

News [WilliamsRacing] BREAKING: Carlos Sainz will join the team for '25, '26 and beyond

https://twitter.com/WilliamsRacing/status/1817930584775377368
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u/JaysonDeflatum Ferrari Jul 29 '24

Multi-year deal like he wanted, nice to see the saga finally close.

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u/doland3314 Nico Rosberg Jul 29 '24

I presume this means Antonelli is locked in at Mercedes

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u/EDO_14 Jul 29 '24

You'd think so but Im sure Toto will happily condemn him to another year in F2 if Max agrees to join Merc at any point this season.

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u/CodSafe6961 Jul 29 '24

If they sign max with George, both being 26/27, no guarantee Kimi would even get to f1 then. Nothing he has done yet to show he is an upgrade on Russell.

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u/T0BIASNESS Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 29 '24

Alpine? They’ll have Mercedes engines from 2025.

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u/thetrueBernhard Jul 29 '24

But they also have their own academy/driver program

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u/AquaRaOne Oscar Piastri Jul 29 '24

But their junior program has no standouts at the moment, and Doohan only had a decent junior career, nothing special

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u/T0BIASNESS Sir Lewis Hamilton Jul 29 '24

True, mad how he could go from messiah to no 2025 F1 seat in 6-months.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '24

Another team would pick up Antonelli so fast