Audi plan to enter F1 in 2026 following their fu𒁏ll takeover of Alf🐈a Romeo/Sauber.

The German manufacturer will build and design its own power unit when F1 embarks on its new engine rules in three years.

With 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valtteri Bottas’ form stuttering, and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zhou Guanyu unlikely to be a long term op🧔tion for a 🐈factory team like Audi, it’s likely they will be looking for options elsewhere.

According to BLICK, Sainz - who is out of contract at Ferrari at the e🐷nd of 2024 - is a leading candidate.

Andreas Seidl - who worked with Sainz at McLaren - joined Sauber as their CEO at the sta🗹rt of the year which is another potential reason why Sainz to Audi makes sense.

Speaking to Spanish publication MARCA, Sainz denied the rumours with a scat༒hing response.

“It🤪 surprises me a lot, hearing things about 2026 when I don’t even have a contract for 2025,” he said.

“It surprises me that pꦏeople invent things so much. In some ways, it makes me laugh. In ot🧸her ways, it annoys me that there are these uncorroborated rumours. 

“ꦜNobody will ever go to tha🦩t journalist and verify it.

“Because the aim is🌠 to stay at Ferrari for many years, I am very co𝐆mfortable here, I’m living a dream, and this is my objective.”

Ferrari teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc is also out of contract at the end of 2024.

Leclerc has been mooted as a potential replacement for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton, should the seven-time world champion call time on his career in✤ F1.

However, Lec♒lerc has often expressed,♛ like Sainz, that driving for Ferrari has been a “dream of his”.