Max Verstappen ‘not eager’ to have Carlos Sainz as team-mate, claims Dutch pundit

“You can force something on Max with this. It is a politically charged season though.'

Dutch F1 pundit Ernest Knoors believes Max Verstappen would not be “eager” to reunite with Carlos Sainz as his team-mate next season, given the “politics” and “pressure” that it might bring.

But given that Sainz is likely to be one of many candidates considered by Red Bull, not least current driver Sergio Perez, whom Horner and the team have stressed that the seat is ‘his to lose’ for 2025, they have no shortage of options for who to place alongside the three-time World Champion. “I think you also have to see this a bit in Christian Horner and the power struggle with Helmut Marko, and Red Bull Thailand and Red Bull Austria.

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