Thursday, 6 October 2016

Sainz to Renault no longer on the cards for 2017

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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - SEPTEMBER 30: Carlos Sainz of Scuderia Toro Rosso and Spain during practice for the Malaysia Formula One Grand Prix at Sepang Circuit on September 30, 2016 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Peter Fox/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool // P-20160930-00322 // Usage for editorial use only // Please go to http://ift.tt/19vsCqi for further information. //

Carlos Sainz was indeed on the Renault shopping list according to Red Bull team chief Christian Horner, but he believes that the Spaniard is best served staying at Toro Rosso for 2017.

Asked by Sky Sports if the Sainz to Renault deal was on the table, Horner replied, “I think they’ve given up on that. I think some free watches/engines wasn’t going to happen. And why would we?”

“He’s on a long term agreement with Red Bull, we’ve got him in the junior team, within Toro Rosso. At the moment you wouldn’t say being in a Renault was a better bet than being in a Toro Rosso, and we have immediate access to him should we need it.”

“So having invested in him, having funded him through his junior career, put him in the junior team now at Toro Rosso, it doesn’t make sense for us to release him to Renault,” added Horner.


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