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 an alternative 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 feel will probably be between these first three you’ve mentioned.
“If Mercedes make an excellent automotive, I might put [George] Russell in too. I feel he’s at an excellent degree. Any of these can beat one another this 12 months.”
Final week, at Williams’ 2025 automotive launch at Silverstone, Sainz admitted that Ferrari’s probabilities 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 knowledge,” Sainz mentioned.
“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 possibly can kind of consider a driver is while you’re their team-mate and also you see what they’re able to doing.
“Once I choose by outcomes and his background and what he’s achieved, I can solely say there’s a very excessive probability that clearly he’s going to be aggressive at Ferrari.
“However like all the things, it’ll all rely on how properly you possibly can adapt to a automotive, how properly you possibly can adapt to a staff and by which second your team-mate is in.
“There are such a lot of variables that it’s inconceivable for me to foretell.
“I can solely say after I left Ferrari, I did really feel the staff – each Ferrari and Charles – had been able to combat for a World Championship. And with Lewis becoming a member of, that probability solely received elevated.”
Ferrari on Wednesday in Fiorano, a day on from Hamilton and Leclerc showing in Ferrari colors on the , F1 75 Dwell, at The O2 Area in London.
The 2025 F1 season in Australia, with happening subsequent week, 26-28 February.
