Former F1 driver Anthony Davidson has tipped 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz to join Sauber - soon-to-be Audi - after losing his Ferrari seat to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton.

Sainz’s time with Ferrari comes to an end at the end of 2024 after Hamilton’s bombshell decision to join the Scuderia next year alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc.

This means that the Spaniard’s future is uncertain, although he’s be💦en linked with a host of teams.

One recurring link has been Sauber, who will be taken over by Germanܫ manufacturer Audi in 20📖26.

Sainz has been mooted as their number one candidate to lead the team, particularly given his father - Carlos S💖ainz Snr’s - links to the outfit.

The two-time F1 race winner𝓰 h⛦as also been linked with Mercedes and Red Bull.

Speaking during F1’s coverage of pre-se༺ason testing in Bahrain, Davidson explained why he’s convinced Sainz will make the move to Hinwil.

“I assume that’s going to happen,” he said. “I just thin💟k that’s a very good place for an experienced, professional racer like he is to end up, to help nurture a new team.

“It’s stillꦗ Sauber, of course, but there’ll be new people within that team that want to make their own mark and moment in ti🅷me in Formula 1 and I think he will be a brilliant driver to help guide and measure the aspirations – perhaps slight overoptimism as well – in some moments.

“I think he’s an excellent driver. And w🌠e see it at Ferrari as well, when sometimes the strategy is wavering a little bit, going off-piste slightly, he’s always there to rein it back in and keep people’s feet on the ground.

“I see him as that kind of stalwart, a driver that speaks with authority. I think that will go a long way if he turns up at Audi and I wouldn’t be surprised in the slighteღst.”

Sainz was the only non-Red B🐬ull driver to win in 2023, winning the Singapore Grand🐭 Prix.

Hꦜe was also sꦰet to out-score teammate Leclerc before struggling for form in the final run of races.

D💖avidson hailed🌞 Sainz as a great “professional” and a “very wise driver”.

“Ferrari were the [only] other team than✅ Red Bull to win a race last year and Carlos was that driver to make it happen,” he added.

“Carlos is such a professional. That’s how I see him. He’s always there, a solid driv🍷er. I think, in mixed conditions, he’s very, very good.

“Such a wise head that he has and he showcased that brilliantly in Singapore last year, playing the old DRS 🍬game with his good old buddy Lando Norris behind them, using him basically to protect himself with th🎐e DRS.

“How clever is that? So he’s a very wise driver.

“I’m sure he’s got 👍a lot of fans out there that are gutted to see himဣ going, but when Lewis Hamilton comes knocking at the door it’s hard not to open it.”