Saint wants to stay at Ferrari until 2027

Unlike Charles Leclerc, who has reportedly already agreed a new five-year contract – with double salary – that will keep him at Maranello until the end of 2029, things are more complicated for Carlos Sainz. The Italian press is sure that Scuderia does not want to tie the Spaniard down for so many years.

But that’s exactly what the 29-year-old wants – and the negotiations between the two sides have stalled for the time being. Saith also reportedly wants the new contract to be finalized and signed in Bahrain before the start of the new season on March 1-2, 2024.

“There are rumors about what they are offering me, but all this is being written without knowing the facts and I will not enter into a discussion based on speculation.” Saith said behind the scenes at a sponsorship event in Madrid.

“We have to agree, and we have three months to do so – until the first league game. Of course I want the update [του συμβολαίου] and I would like her for more than a year.

I feel absolutely valued by Fred [Βασέρ, διευθυντή της ομάδας] and from her entire family Ferrari, and for a driver this is the main priority. I am convinced that we will come to an agreement if we both want it.added the Spaniard.

Leclerc and Sainz’s current contracts with Scuderia expire at the end of 2024, and the latter says he needs to know before the start of the year whether it will be extended: “The reality is that there have been discussions, as Fred said the other day. I need to start figuring out where I will be in 2025.

I wouldn’t want to start [τη χρονιά] I don’t know what my goal will be. My first priority is Ferrari, and stay there for many years. It’s no secret, it’s a team that I feel very comfortable with. We have to come to an agreement in the next few months.”Saint added.

Finally, regarding the 2024 competition and the question of whether Scuderia can threaten Red Bull for the title, he emphasized: “I think Max didn’t have to drive 100% in all races [του 2023] and that’s what scares me the most. That’s why I say this Ferrari that our improvement should not be 4 tenths [στο γύρο]but 6 tenths.

We have to find the reason why we lose that little extra step in the races. On Saturday we will see that we are not that far, but in the race they have three tenths or half a second and we finish 30 seconds behind them. We made the mistake of driving in the wrong direction, as our car showed in mid-2022. We thought we weren’t that far away. The same thing happened in “Mercedes”concluded the Ferrari driver.