The English team wants to hold on tight to the Spaniard
After the substantial standstill between 2025 and 2026, the F1 driver market should not hold many surprises even in 2027. Ferrari has officially renewed Charles Leclerc’s multi-year contract and team principal Frederic Vasseur has already stated that the Maranello Scuderia will also extend Lewis Hamilton’s contract until 2027 (who signed a 2+1 deal in 2024 with an option in his favor for 2027).
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In any case, there is some movement in the ‘underbrush’ and the names are still of high caliber. Carlos Sainz, for example, will see the first ‘part’ of his contract with Williams expire at the end of 2026, which includes potential extensions for 2027 and 2028.
According to the weekly Autosprint, Williams is ready to put forward a top-driver offer to convince Carlos Sainz to renew his trust in a team that exceeded expectations in 2025 but completely betrayed Sainz’s trust in 2026, which was the real hope for Sainz when he decided to bet on Williams in 2024.
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The Italian publication reports an offer of 30 million euros from Williams to convince Sainz to stay in Grove, a salary equal to that received by Charles Leclerc at Ferrari. At the exchange rate, this would be 25.7 million pounds, almost triple the 9.8 million pounds per year that Sainz currently earns.
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