Nico Hülkenberg has expressed his wish to see Carlos Sainz join the Audi project in Formula 1.
Nico Hülkenberg recently announced that he would leave the Haas team at the end of this 2024 F1 season to join Sauber from next year.
From 2026, the Swiss team will become Audi’s factory team in Formula 1 after the German car manufacturer buys 100% of the shares in the Sauber team.
Until then, Sauber still hopes to convince Carlos Sainz to embark on the project while the Spanish driver will have to say goodbye to Scuderia Ferrari at the end of the year.
“I really like Carlossays Hülkenberg. He’s an incredible driver. We were already teammates at Renault in 2018 and I enjoyed sharing this adventure with him. »
“As a driver, what you want is to be able to choose your best option at a sporting level. Personally, I would love for him to come to Audi. But I understand that he wants to win perhaps faster with Mercedes or Red Bull. »
Sainz’s name would indeed appear on Mercedes’ shortlist for the 2025 F1 season.
