The fallen Sainz


Monaco Grand Prix

FERRARI driver Carlos Sainz is about to lose his job. He has won three of the team’s last four race victories since 2022, but that was not enough to keep his seat next season because Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes will be moving in.

As 2023 ended, Sainz and his teammate, Charles Leclerc, were poised to sign new deals with the team. Leclerc signed in late January, but in early February Ferrari revealed that they would be poaching Hamilton from Mercedes, with which he has won six of his seven championships. Sainz would be out after four years with the team.

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