The phones haven't stopped ringing since the
Silly Season
began . Offers come and go from the teams to the most sought-after drivers of the moment. And, as if that were not enough, there is a team that seems to have secured its two drivers and admits that it is looking further into the offer market. This is, neither more nor less,
Red Bull
, the team that sets the standard in the category with
Max Verstappen
. One of his advisors, Hemlut Marko, admitted in an interview with an Austrian media that he was in contact with
Carlos Sainz
.
The 29-year-old Spaniard is in his best moment, considering that
he has never been off the podium since the
2024
season began (except when he had to be absent from the Saudi Arabia race due to appendicitis). Marko recognized the interest that his team has in the Madrid native, who since learning of Lewis Hamilton's arrival at Ferrari has been receiving offers from all sides to secure a long or short-term seat.
One of those offers belongs to Red Bull. "We are talking to him, he is having his best season in Formula 1," commented Helmut Marko. "
But he has a very lucrative offer from Audi and we can't match or beat it
." After having acquired the Sauber team, Audi will debut in Formula 1 in the 2026 season. Therefore, if Sainz takes the offer, he would be without a seat from the end of this year until 2026.
The Spaniard has the challenge of getting an offer attractive enough to be able to enhance all the talent he has been showing this season. From Red Bull they seem to be trying to persuade him and remind him of his past in the energy drink team, specifically in
Toro Rosso
, his subsidiary team. However, at that time they ended up choosing Verstappen, and it is not something that has left him happy. "We remember him from his time at Toro Rosso, when he drove alongside Max. However,
it hurt him a lot that at Red Bull we chose Verstappen and not him
," admitted the advisor.
On the other hand, the Mexican
Sergio "Checo" Pérez
, the other driver who is still part of the team, has an uncertain future. Marko highlighted that the Mexican is having his best season, and that
"if he maintains this performance, like in the Japanese classification, then he will surely be the best option for Red Bull in 2025.
"
"He is a worker for the team and has recognized that his own radical path last year was the wrong one. Now his car is in the configuration closest to Max's and that helps him," concluded Helmut Marko.
With information from EFE.