Carlos Sainz won’t be joining Mercedes for the 2025 season. Lewis Hamilton is leaving the Silver Arrows to make the move to Ferrari, but a driver ‘swap’ appears to be off the table. It’s recently emerged that Sainz’s timeline is at odds with that of Toto Wolff. The Spaniard wants his future decided in the next few weeks, while Wolff is willing to wait months. The Mercedes boss still appears to be holding out hope that world champion Max Verstappen will agree to join for 2025. And failing that, he wants as much time as possible to assess academy driver Kimi Antonelli in F2. Sainz, currently a f…
