has opted towards naming amongst his picks for the 2025 title.
Hamilton has changed Sainz at for the 2025 season following with Mercedes, whereas the Spanish driver has opted for a at Williams.
With Sainz set to be battling for top-10 finishes as a substitute of podiums this 12 months, the 30-year-old was requested by Spanish motorsport outlet SoyMotor who his contenders are for this 12 months’s drivers’ title.
When requested between reigning world champion Max Verstappen of Pink Bull, McLaren’s Lando Norris and Ferrari’s , Sainz replied: “I believe it is going to be between these first three you could have stated.
“If Mercedes make a very good automobile, I’d put [George] Russell in too. I believe he’s at an excellent stage. Any of these can beat one another this 12 months.”
Final week, at Williams’ 2025 automobile launch at Silverstone, Sainz admitted that Ferrari’s possibilities of a primary drivers’ title in 18 years have solely elevated with Hamilton’s arrival. Kimi Raikkonen was the Scuderia’s final champion, again in Hamilton’s rookie 12 months in 2007.
“I’ve by no means been team-mates with Lewis, so I don’t know what he’s able to doing, I’ve by no means seen his information,” Sainz stated.
“I’ve seen Charles [Leclerc] and I understand how good Charles is, however I’ve by no means been team-mates with Lewis. And the one approach you may roughly consider a driver is while you’re their team-mate and also you see what they’re able to doing.
“After I decide by outcomes and his background and what he’s achieved, I can solely say there’s a very excessive likelihood that clearly he’s going to be aggressive at Ferrari.
“However like all the pieces, it would all rely on how effectively you may adapt to a automobile, how effectively you may adapt to a staff and wherein second your team-mate is in.
“There are such a lot of variables that it’s unattainable for me to foretell.
“I can solely say after I left Ferrari, I did really feel the staff – each Ferrari and Charles – have been able to battle for a World Championship. And with Lewis becoming a member of, that likelihood solely obtained elevated.”
Ferrari on Wednesday in Fiorano, a day on from Hamilton and Leclerc showing in Ferrari colors on the , F1 75 Stay, at The O2 Area in London.
The 2025 F1 season in Australia, with happening subsequent week, 26-28 February.
