Sainz observa el asiento de Mercedes tras confirmarse el acuerdo con Russell
"El próximo año todo el mundo querrá estar al tanto"
Carlos Sainz dice que está vigilando de cerca el mercado de pilotos de la Fórmula 1 tras la recién ampliada contrato de George Russell con Mercedes, un acuerdo que se cree ampliamente incluye cláusulas de salida de cara a 2027.
Tras semanas de demora, Mercedes finalmente confirmó que Russell y el novato Kimi Antonelli permanecerán "hasta 2026". Sin embargo, múltiples informaciones sugieren que el británico de 27 años ha asegurado una subida salarial significativa —hasta unos 35 millones de euros— mientras que Toto Wolff ha mantenido abiertas las opciones a largo plazo del equipo por si Max Verstappen quedara disponible en 2027.
El propio Russell declinó especificar la duración del contrato. "En última instancia, todo en la Fórmula 1 se reduce al rendimiento", dijo. "Quiero poder mirarme al espejo algún día y decir que no podría haber hecho más.
"Mis actuaciones son fuertes, y eso me mantendrá en el deporte. Pero, de nuevo, mi objetivo es ganar carreras y títulos con Mercedes."
"El contrato también me hace feliz porque Toto podría haber sido un poco más tacaño. Pero aquí se valora lo que se hace por el equipo. Estoy muy contento con todos los aspectos del contrato —pero, de nuevo, lo principal es que yo gane."
Presionado sobre un posible 'Plan B' si el proyecto de Mercedes para 2026 decepciona, Russell añadió: "Si Mercedes no tiene éxito la próxima temporada, sería tan decepcionante para el equipo como para mí. Pero no quiero pensar en eso. Me ocupo de los problemas cuando surgen, no antes."
Verstappen, por su parte, dijo a los periodistas que no le preocupaban los detalles del acuerdo de Russell. "Sí. No necesito saberlo. Está todo bien", dijo.
Sainz, que ha sido vinculado con varias vacantes en equipos punteros más allá de 2026, insinuó que el próximo movimiento en el mercado de pilotos podría depender de lo competitivos que resulten ser los nuevos coches de 2026.
"¿Cómo decirlo? Creo que el rendimiento del coche tiene un efecto en el mercado de pilotos", dijo el piloto de Williams a los medios españoles en Austin. "Pero también creo que el rendimiento y los contratos de los pilotos influyen.
"El próximo año todo el mundo querrá saber cómo les va a los demás. Personalmente, estoy muy cómodo y muy contento donde estoy, y tengo plena confianza en que Williams dará otro paso el próximo año. Si no es así, ya veremos.
"Pero estoy confiado y cómodo con mi situación."
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Both Williams drivers scored points in Saturday’s sprint in Austin, so James Vowles is very pleased, and his joy is not even overshadowed by the fact that Alex Albon failed to make it into the second part of qualifying due to a track limits infringement.
James Vowles, team principal: “A wonderful day for our team, as we scored another 9 points, and both drivers contributed to that. It was the first sprint in which we managed to get on the podium, and I’m proud of that.
It’s also good that Carlos will start tomorrow’s Grand Prix from ninth. I think he’ll have the opportunity to move forward. In Alex’s case we’ve had differential problems on his car all weekend, and despite that he had a great sprint and finished sixth.
The team did a great job on his car before qualifying, and the changes that were made were positive in nature, however the chassis balance changed noticeably.
The car’s behavior became less predictable, and that led to Alex not being able to fully unlock the FW47’s potential. But I’m confident that overall the car is effective, and he will be able to make up positions.”
Carlos Sainz (9th): “It was another successful day, and I’m pleased with how qualifying went. We executed cleanly, and the car was capable of a strong pace, but unfortunately the wind picked up for the final session and it became harder to drive.
That said, ninth place is broadly in line with our performance. I’m in a confident mood ahead of tomorrow’s race, and I hope to put on a show that gives these wonderful fans another reason to cheer!
Our job is to fight our way forward through the pack. I hope we can keep up with the cars starting from higher positions. And the ultimate goal is to score as many points for the team as possible, so we’ll be focusing on the race.”
Alex Albon (19th): “The day started fairly normally, we had a good sprint, avoided trouble, gained a few positions and picked up a few points.
Already on Friday we found that my car had differential problems, and before the sprint we couldn’t make setup changes in time, so in qualifying the car had completely different settings and balance.
Now we need to analyze the telemetry data in detail, but I felt that the understeer was more pronounced than usual. Overall the changes were the right ones, but we should have worked on the setup for longer, and there was no time left for that.
It’s a shame that my final quick lap was deleted due to going off track, as we should have at least made it into the second session. We’ll see how tomorrow unfolds.”
Both Williams drivers scored points in Saturday’s sprint in Austin, so James Vowles is very pleased, and his joy is not even overshadowed by the fact that Alex Albon failed to make it into the second part of qualifying due to a track limits infringement.
James Vowles, team principal: “A wonderful day for our team, as we scored another 9 points, and both drivers contributed to that. It was the first sprint in which we managed to get on the podium, and I’m proud of that.
It’s also good that Carlos will start tomorrow’s Grand Prix from ninth. I think he’ll have the opportunity to move forward. In Alex’s case we’ve had differential problems on his car all weekend, and despite that he had a great sprint and finished sixth.
The team did a great job on his car before qualifying, and the changes that were made were positive in nature, however the chassis balance changed noticeably.
The car’s behavior became less predictable, and that led to Alex not being able to fully unlock the FW47’s potential. But I’m confident that overall the car is effective, and he will be able to make up positions.”
Carlos Sainz (9th): “It was another successful day, and I’m pleased with how qualifying went. We executed cleanly, and the car was capable of a strong pace, but unfortunately the wind picked up for the final session and it became harder to drive.
That said, ninth place is broadly in line with our performance. I’m in a confident mood ahead of tomorrow’s race, and I hope to put on a show that gives these wonderful fans another reason to cheer!
Our job is to fight our way forward through the pack. I hope we can keep up with the cars starting from higher positions. And the ultimate goal is to score as many points for the team as possible, so we’ll be focusing on the race.”
Alex Albon (19th): “The day started fairly normally, we had a good sprint, avoided trouble, gained a few positions and picked up a few points.
Already on Friday we found that my car had differential problems, and before the sprint we couldn’t make setup changes in time, so in qualifying the car had completely different settings and balance.
Now we need to analyze the telemetry data in detail, but I felt that the understeer was more pronounced than usual. Overall the changes were the right ones, but we should have worked on the setup for longer, and there was no time left for that.
It’s a shame that my final quick lap was deleted due to going off track, as we should have at least made it into the second session. We’ll see how tomorrow unfolds.”
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