“It won’t affect my future.” Carlos Sainz rejects Audi’s umpteenth nod to sign him for Formula 1

Carlos Sainz’s future in Formula 1 is an enigma, but one thing that is quite clear is that he does not want to sign for Audi. In the run-up to the Belgian Grand Prix, Sainz was asked about the German brand’s latest move, which has been interpreted by some as a wink to Sainzbut the man from Madrid remains hieratic.

Audi has made a major shake-up of its Formula 1 structure in the past week. It has fired Andreas Seidl, Sainz’s former boss at McLaren, to sign Mattia Binotto, Sainz’s great supporter at FerrariBut the Madrid native does not seem interested in Audi no matter what they do for him.

Binotto replaces Seidl at Audi, but that’s not enough for Carlos Sainz

“At the level of making a personal decision, I sincerely believe It will not influence my future“. That was Sainz’s response when asked about the change at Audi. The German brand has gotten rid of Seidl, the big signing they got from McLaren to lead their project, a year before even starting in Formula 1.

In fact, it has been rumoured that Seidl’s departure was partly due to his inability to convince Sainz, even though he was a former boss with whom he had a very good relationship. Audi has opted for Binotto as Seidl’s replacementanother of Sainz’s former bosses with whom there was good rapport, but the Madrid native’s decision remains firm.

“I think Audi does change, because it gets a person who has been in a top team for many years, building the team that is Ferrari today“He knows exactly what a team needs to have today in terms of machinery, personnel, engineers and so on to build a great team, which is what Audi wants to do,” Sainz says of the change.

However, he stresses that this will not affect his decision. Sainz is clear that he wants to have a car capable of fighting for the world championship, or at least winning races, in the immediate future. And for that, Audi is no guarantee, while the seats that could still be free at Red Bull and Mercedes they sound more delicious.

Let us remember that Binotto was the team boss who signed Carlos Sainz for Ferrariand the one that gave him the same opportunities as Charles Leclerc, a status that changed in favour of the Monegasque driver since Binotto left and Fred Vasseur arrived at Maranello. But it is clear that Sainz has seen something strange in Audi, and even prefers Williams or Alpine.

We will see when Sainz makes the final decision about his future in Formula 1 and, above all, What path is the murky Audi project taking?.