Max Verstappen ‘would have stopped’ Carlos Sainz from joining Red Bull
Suggestion that Max Versꦉtappen blocked Carlos Sainz from joining Red Bull made.

Juan Pablo Montoya believes that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen “would have stopped” 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz from joining Red Bull for F1 2025.
Sainz had been ru🍷moured to be a candidate for a Red Bull drive this season when it was announced that he had lost his Ferrari seat to Lewis Ham𝄹ilton from 2025. But the Spaniard was ultimately overlooked by Red Bull, who continued to keep the faith in Sergio Perez.
Perez was eventually ♊ditched at the end of the 2024 season having failed to arrest his abysmal form, with Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson instead promoted to thಌe senior team for this term.
There had been suggestions that Sainz was never a serious candidate for Red Bull d💖ue to rumoured conflict between his camp and Verstappen’s. The pair were t𒁃eammates at Toro Rosso in 2015 and Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has revealed their relationship was “quite toxic” at times.
And seven-time grand prix winner Montoya suspect🍨s Verstappen would have vetoed any move for Sainz.
“I’m sure that Max Verstappen would have stopped Carlos Sainz coming to Red Bull so the competition within the teamﷺ wasn’t difficult, although I can’t confirm personally,” Montoya told.
“When they were teammates at Toro Rosso their relationship was pretty bumpy. I am not sure Max would🐻 have wanted to deal with that again. He made Max Verstappen’s life pretty difficult. So when you can control who is in the car as Max is, you wouldn’t want to shoot yourself would you?”
“It’s not about 🐻[Max Verstappen] being scared, it’s about being smart. Why would you make your life unnecessarily difficult and create a difficult ℱenvironment?”
Montoya added tജhat he thinks “it is disappointing that Carlos Sainz didn’t end up in a better place but I think Williams are going to be another McLaren over the next few years.
“I think they can do amazi🌊ng things down the road. Williams two or three years from now can be where McLaren are now having turned everything around. They have the financial back🦩ing they need and have everything in place to get the job done.”
Montoya tips Colapinto for Williams return
Montoya also reckons pressure will be on Alex Albon to keep h𒁏is seat and has tipped 🐬Franco Colapinto to return to Williams in the near future.
“Franco Colapinto will end up at Williams,” Mon𒅌toya stated.
“The two guys who are going to have it tough next year are Jack Doohan because Pierre Gasly is performing really w🐷ell and the other is Alex Albon. He is in the same position as he was when he was with Max.
“Everything at Williams is going to revolve around Carlos [Sainz]. It has revolved around Alex for the past feꦜw years.
“When you’ve been number one and related to number two but are still expected to be as quick, the pressure will build, the accidents will🐟 happen and that might provide an opportunity for Franco.”

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