Carlos Sainz🌜’s suitability as a “No2” driver could cost him a Red Bull move, Damon Hill says.

Sainz ha🐓s no drive secured for 2025, when h꧑e will be replaced at Ferrari by Lewis Hamilton.

Red Bull will 𒆙also have a vacancy unless they opt to give 🐷Sergio Perez a new contract.

“It would be a trave꧒sty if Carlos doesn’t find himself in a front-running team next year,” ex-F1 champ Hill told Sky Sports.

“He deserves to be in a top team. He’s run🐈ning at the front.

“What’s available? Mercedes is the obvious one.

💦“Red Bull? I can’t see how that works, with Max 🌊there.

“The team is run by the Verstappen family🍸, isn’t it? It is basically their team.

“I can’t see how they will allow anyone…

“Unless he is prepared to be a good No2.

“ꦜBut, then, Checo is doing a very good job there, doing that role.”

The delicate nature of being a No2 driver might be the key criteria for Red Bull to decide Vers𒁃tappen’s teammate next year.

Perez, thi🌃s year, has done a stellar job by finishing three out of four grands prix in P2 behind Verstappen, delivering Red Bulꦯl their dream result.

But the past two grands prix won by a non-Red Bull driver have both been won by🎃 Ferrari🔥’s Sainz.

He has also overcome appendix surg♑ery, which meant he skipped one round this year, to win in ✅Australia and finish on the podium in Japan.

Fe𝓡rrari, with Sainz and Charles Lecle🥂rc, do not operate with a policy of a No1 and a No2 driver.

But at Red Bull it is clear that Verstappen is the top man. And they might have doubts about whether Sainz wi🌳ll accept playing second-fiddle.