Why Mercedes, Red Bull and Aston Martin should try to sign Sainz for 2025

OPINION: Carlos Sainz’s Melbourne brilliance was made all the more remarkable by his performance so soon after major surgery, but it was also a reminder he’s still without a Formula 1 drive for 2025. Here’s why the championship’s other big hitters should all be trying to sign him and an explanation of why he’s still available

“What happened at the beginning of the year, then the podium in Bahrain, then the appendix, the comeback, the win. It's a rollercoaster, but I loved it. I'm extremely happy."

Carlos Sainz was understandably effusive after securing his third Formula 1 career win in the 2024 Australian Grand Prix. It was a superb performance, made all the more remarkable given he’d got back into his SF-24 in Melbourne just 14 days after having keyhole surgery in Jeddah to remove his appendix.

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Author Alex Kalinauckas

Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.

A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.