‘Ferrari Is Best Place to Be F1 Champion’: Carlos Sainz Declares Contract Hopes Despite Frederic Vasseur’s Vague Update

Charles Leclerc has mentioned multiple times about his love for Ferrari. The Monegasque dreams of winning the championship wearing the Ferrari red. However, his contract still hangs in the balance. And so does for Carlos Sainz. Despite no real update on the contract situation for months followed by a vague update by Frederic Vasseur recently, Sainz has come out to express his love for Scuderia and contract hopes. But what did he say?

The word Ferrari is synonymous with racing. The Maranello-based team isn’t just a racing team but is considered a national team of Italy. Hence, the whole nation and fans always await the decision about the drivers and their contracts. Both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz run out of their current Ferrari contract at the end of 2024. While there have been rumors of potential contracts, nothing has been confirmed by Ferrari.

Amid all the doubts about Leclerc and Sainz’s contract, Frederic Vasseur recently came out to give an update. The Ferrari TP explained how Mercedes announced its drivers in August, but Ferrari wasn’t able to have the contract talks with their drivers mid-season. Now that the season has ended, Ferrari is finally talking about the contract negotiations. Vasseur advised that the team still has time to finalize everything and that there aren’t any problems with that. That is quite a vague statement from Vasseur. 

Nonetheless, that hasn’t stopped Carlos Sainz from expressing his love for the Scuderia. According to FormulaPassion.it, Carlos Sainz while explaining his love for Ferrari said, “I am so happy at Ferrari and so happy to be part of this team that, at the moment, I do not see a deadline. I hope I have many, many years left and I wouldn’t mind having them all in the red. My main motivation is to become world champion. And succeeding with Ferrari would be even better.” Expressing faith in Ferrari, Sainz added, “I’m in the best place on the starting grid to graduate as F1 champion”

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While Vasseur and Sainz’s statements haven’t given any details about the future possibilities, let’s look at the rumors going around the possible contracts for Ferrari drivers. 

Charles Leclerc is close to signing a 5-year contract as Carlos Sainz’s future hangs in the balance 

Midway through the season, rumors of Charles Leclerc signing a 5-year deal with Ferrari upwards of $200 million started spreading around the paddock. However, the rumors died down. But recently, sources again suggested that Leclerc is almost at the final steps of signing a 5-year deal with Ferrari. Although, the scenario for Carlos Sainz doesn’t look that promising.

It is believed that Carlos Sainz wants a contract that has a duration of at least 2 years whereas Ferrari is only interested in offering 1 year deal. The drivers market is going to be a frenzy in 2025 and Ferrari wants to keep its options open. Also, the rumors of Carlos Sainz driving for Audi are still lingering in the air. Only the upcoming months will tell what the situation is actually going to be for the Scuderia drivers.

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Speaking with Marca about wanting a multi-year deal, Sainz said, “I want to renew and I like to do it for more than a year and that is my intention and I feel very valued by Fred and Ferrari, I feel loved and I will renew if I continue to feel that way. They know what I’ve been capable of for three years, my qualities.”