Quote Originally Posted by airshifter View Post

If Perez has extended, it's a bit shocking to me. If RB loses their car advantage with the 2026 regs they are really going to be wishing they grabbed a better second driver earlier. Maybe they figure they can cross that bridge when they come to it.
Yeah, doesn't make much sense at the moment. Not like he is going somewhere.

Horner seemed to indicate Sainz might be in the mix - but he could be playing mind games.

But if Vettel did come out of retirement to Mercedes - what would that mean to Sainz? There are not that many good options if he doesn't land Mercedes or RB.