{"id":18112,"date":"2025-07-24T05:18:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/sainz-regrets-not-being-verstappens-teammate-we-would-be-a-strong-duo\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T05:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:18:15","slug":"sainz-regrets-not-being-verstappens-teammate-we-would-be-a-strong-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/f1\/sainz-regrets-not-being-verstappens-teammate-we-would-be-a-strong-duo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sainz regrets not being Verstappen&#8217;s teammate: &#8220;We would be a strong duo&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"The Spanish driver Carlos Sainz has expressed his bewilderment at Red Bull&#8217;s decision not to sign him as Max Verstappen&#8217;s teammate for the current season.\n\nSainz, who knew he would be replaced at Ferrari by Lewis Hamilton, was in talks with Red Bull, which was considering options for Sergio P\u00e9rez&#8217;s seat.\n\nThe situation at Red Bull remained unstable, with Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda occupying the second seat, but without managing to consolidate.\n\nAccording to reports, Red Bull&#8217;s concern resided in possible tensions between Sainz and Verstappen, based on their rookie season in the junior team in 2015.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0723%2Fr1522491_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Carlos Sainz sab\u00eda que ser\u00eda reemplazado por Lewis Hamilton en Ferrari el a\u00f1o pasado.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nIn an interview, Sainz commented on his good relationship with Verstappen.\n\n\u201cI get along very well with Max. We had a rivalry in our first year in Formula 1 at Toro Rosso, but it was a relatively healthy rivalry. Now we get along very well. That&#8217;s why I don&#8217;t understand why they wouldn&#8217;t want me alongside Max, because I think we would be a very strong pairing in Formula 1\u201d.\n&#8211; Carlos Sainz\n\nSources close to the decision suggest that the main internal concern was the dynamic between the drivers&#8217; fathers, Jos Verstappen and Carlos Sainz Sr.\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pato O&#8217;Ward: rumors about Cadillac like Fernando Alonso and Taylor Swift<\/li><li>McLaren boss not surprised by Christian Horner&#8217;s departure from Red Bull<\/li><li>Formula E paves the way for female drivers in the rookie test in Berlin<\/li><\/ul>\n\nFinally, Williams signed the Spanish driver, who believes he could have performed better than P\u00e9rez, Lawson, and Tsunoda alongside Verstappen.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI&#8217;ve been a teammate of Charles [Leclerc], of Lando [Norris], of Nico H\u00fclkenberg, very fast guys, and probably the best in the sport. Now Alex [Albon] is also incredibly fast, and that makes me want to compete against the best. I know I can do it, and I know I&#8217;ve been successful in the past. I think everyone is having a really hard time being Max&#8217;s teammate. I can only say that when I was Max&#8217;s teammate, I didn&#8217;t have this hard time. Obviously, I was incredibly surprised at how fast he was, how crazy he is as a driver. I mean, he&#8217;s going to be one of the best in history, if he isn&#8217;t already. But that first year together, since then, has given me the confidence to know that I can compete against anyone\u201d.<\/p><cite>Carlos Sainz<\/cite><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish driver Carlos Sainz has expressed his bewilderment at Red Bull&#8217;s decision not to sign him as Max Verstappen&#8217;s teammate for the current season. Sainz, who knew he would be replaced at Ferrari by Lewis Hamilton, was in talks with Red Bull, which was considering options for Sergio P\u00e9rez&#8217;s seat. 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