Carlos Sainz, Valtteri Bottas and Daniel Ricciardo are among the big-name F1 drivers with an uncertain 2025 - and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Guanyu Zhou is growing frustrated as he tries to secureဣ a seat.

Sauber driver Zhou is fighting to either keep his current drive or find new employments next season but the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2025 F1 driver line-up depends on others.

Notably, Sainz’s big decision - between Saube🎉r, Williams and Alpine - will influence everybody else’s moves.

Zhou believes he has “✱more than one” option on the table, in response to 🔜a question at Silverstone from wuqian0821.com.

But he admitted: “We’re all waiting for Carlos to make decisions, but we are continuing to speak to different teams to u🐻▨nderstand where I’m going.

“There’s some interest but then we need to understand a little bit more clearly the picture once he makes his deci𝔉ℱsion.

♓“Then we can talk more into that because also the teams are waiting for him, obviously.

“It’s clear he is the priority on the market now but thin🗹gs remain open and at this point I still feel confident that I can have a chance somewhere.

“I’m sꦆurprised that he is waiting so long, Carlos. Honestly I feel it’s a bit difficult to understand just because it’s not that difficult to make a 🔥decision.

“You’re not really making a decision for a tea♈m maybe fighting for the world championship...

“You’re making a decision between a team that’s mid-runner and a team tha🅠t depends on where you want to head off. I don’t know what he’s thinking but we’re just waiting for him.”

Zhou is not alone in awaiting Sainz to kick-off the domino effect in th𒈔e driver market.

His teammate Bottas is among those looking up and down the paddock to remain on next༺ year’s grid.

Th🎉ere will only be one Sauber seat available because they have signed Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg.

Zhou said about the market: “It’s not some꧃thing I expected, especially with [Sainz’s] certain stance.

“I ♔feel like he’s holding up everyone’s decision, but at some stage I don’t see just the drivers, I see the teams have some deadline at least. Because you can’t be just waiting for another until he makes his mind clear.

“So it’s weird or it’s strange in a way, obviously for me to experience that for the first time. ෴Also for a lot of other drivers on the grid. But yeah, nothing we can do.

“We💙 have to wait but then we just continue to talk, making op🌄en conversations with different teams so we can have the options if they’re available.”

Zhou insists that, unlike Sainz, he is ready to commit to whoever demands his signatu🍒re immedia🅘tely.

His preference for a longer-t💞erm commitment could also hold sway, if others attempt to sign one-year contracts.

“I t🍰hink one thing that was clear is that I don’t feel any team will take the drivers just for an individual year anymore, just because they want the drivers to be there for two years in a row because the new rules [will change],” Zhou said.

“We are wꦺaiting to take a long term [contract] and it looks like all the teams want this.”

Sauber 'doesn't suit' Zhou driving style

Zhou and Bott𝓡as have not been blessed with hugely competitive machinery this ▨season.

Sauber will remain 𒆙in their curren𒆙t guise next year until a full evolution into Audi in 2026.

“It’s definitely been very tricky this season,𝄹” said Zhou whose best result this season was P11 in the opening grand prix.

“♛We made a massive concept change in the car, but then expect to be good. And then we face a lot of different iss🦋ues.

“And I think the biggest topic for me is tha🦩t for my driving style, it doesn’t really suit as good as the previous cars.

“Because I’m a lot more aggressive in terms of approach compared to my teammate. This yea🧸r’s car is super sensitive with everything.

“So I just explain how I need to kind of underdrive a little bit in order💜 to get better. But I don’t feel I’m able to push🔜 as hard as I could previously.

“That’s just settled back a little bit of pace, but we’re findin♊g a way ✤around it. And of course I’m trying to adapt and adjust my driving style.”