#audi driver

[tetheredbysin]

SAUBER YOU ARE RUINING A MARRIAGE HERE

notice how it's not "I'd like to go to audi" or "audi would be a great opportunity". no no, it's "nico really wants me to go with him". this is LOVE.

[f0point5]

I am loving me some Carlos but that move on Charles is NOT going to help him get that second Red bull seat 😂😂😂

If he did that within spitting distance of Max, Max would have yeeted him into next week and Helmut would have time travelled into next week just to fire his ass

[alexalblondo]

"If Carlos joins Audi they'll have the strongest pairing on the grid with Nico" Ferrari literally has 8 x WDC Sir Lewis Hamilton and Charles

[presdestigatto]

what about sainz to red bull?

a few reasons why it doesn’t look likely now:

1) redbull wants to wait as long as possible before signing their 2nd driver, mainly because it incentivises checo to do well. they’ve said they won’t discuss contracts until the summer break & it’s in carlos’ interests to sign as early as possible. he could wait, but that means that his chances of being seatless next season grows.

also! there’s no guarantee that he can keep up his current form over the season, particularly with the imola updates which are rumoured to make the car focused more on the front end—which favours charles. already (china) charles is qualifying and finishing above him. if charles goes back to beating him comfortably that makes his bargaining power smaller. right now fresh off the aus win is the best time for him actually

2) helmet marko has basically said they have no interest in matching audi’s offer for carlos

3) the redbull seat is the most 2nd driver seat in the whole of f1 😭 history says that’s not what carlos wants, though he could settle for it

but redbull may also not want him as a 2nd driver because he comes with a very messy entourage & has shown that he isn’t a good team player. he just attacked charles at the restart last week losing them position to russell. considering the circumstances at redbull now, it is decidedly in their best interests to not sign someone who may make max unhappy. can you imagine losing max verstappen because you signed carlos sainz?? (among other reasons ofc) plus their fathers have butted heads before in toro rosso. can’t imagine jos will be very happy to see sainz sr again

from redbull’s point of view, checo is currently a better option than carlos. he won’t challenge max, he brings in sponsors & viewership from a huge country (whereas spain already has alonso), he can get those 1-2s for the team. ‘checo will fall off’ so will carlos if we’re going by past trends (e.g. post-suzuka to AD in 2023) i think if checo keeps up his current form he’ll get an extension

he will also have a really terrible time at redbull. i’m afraid max will curbstomp him

there are negotiations but i doubt redbull are offering him terms he’ll be happy with (more than a year, assurances he won’t be sacrificed for max at times etc etc) if he does go there he’ll have to accept being second to max because if he tries as hard to beat max as he at beating charles right now—it would be very funny to me, but bad for the team (i don’t think he will be able to get close enough to max to do this but yk that’s also a very bad look for him)

[rickybaby]

Someone edit Seb’s face on there. He’s chilling in his farmhouse while the whole of the f1 world is in chaos. Simply because he decided to retire

[pojestcusvekolacice]

[gordonstanheight]

continuous series of drivers in ads: zhou guanyu for mcdonalds

[f1tfballetc]

Two latest news in F1 happening today....

Hulkenberg is set to leave Haas in the end of 2024 season and will join Kick Sauber team for next year.

P.S.: It was also confirmed by Audi Sport in their Instagram account that he will join forces with the said team in 2026.

Another silly season, eh?

📷: f1 (via Instagram)

[sainzstorms]

driver market is about to kick in, watch.

i feel like it was just waiting for one of the top drivers to make a move then other teams and drivers will go from there. like the start of domino effect. but tbh alonso staying in am was not on my list. for better or worse, it got me questioning on my manifestation of sainz to am. is lance gonna stay? bc there was a retirement rumor going around, not sure whether he was joking or not. wait does it seal off kimi to merc? i feel like it is. i cant see sainz go to any other team other than am or rbr. checo said that he's basically not concerned of his seat but it's rbr and i feel like they're a lil bit unpredictable. if stake/audi wants sainz i feel like he needs to be convinced that they won't suck next year. will there be a big change from the drivers with a long contract? like a buy off perhaps. this brings on so many thoughts i just ran with the keyboards lol.

[lewiseb]

and oh the rumours are terrible and cruel ... but most of them are true </3

[cherocarofficial]

1930 BMW 3/15 PS Cabriolet DA2

[loveayrtonsenna]

[vroomvroomvroommf]

Honestly those Haas upgrades with Nico 👀👀👀

[silentreigns]

In my opinion Jack Doohan should get the second Alpine seat. Like you have a driver academy, let someone from the academy be on your team! Mick should like make a name for himself in endurance racing!

[life-spire]

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[lozzamez3]

Nico Hulkenburg joins Audi for 2025!!! WTF!! German to a German team 🇩🇪. Does this mean we might lose Bottas or Guanyu!!? I hope not.