McLaren driver Lando Norris feels that Red Bull should have been 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz’s next F1 team.

Earlier this week, Williams announced Sainz as their new driver for F1 2025, teaming up with168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Alex Albon.

It brings an end to months of speculation ꦗabout Sai💃nz’s future - and the wider implications on F1’s driver market.

Sainz was heavily linked with Sauber and Alpi♉ne, while he delayed hisꦑ decision to see if there was an opening at Red Bull or Mercedes.

Norris, who was teammates with Sainz in ﷽2019 and 20🌠20 at McLaren - thinks the Spaniard deserved a call-up to Red Bull.

"I don't know what [the top teams'] plans are, ꩲbut the easy one is to say Red Bull,” he told Sky.

“He should have gone there, in♐ my eyes. I'm biased -🧸 I know Carlos more than I know Checo [Perez] - but Carlos deserves a lot.

“He's♛ one of the best drivers in🥃 Formula 1, he's proven that countless times. I'm a good friend of his.”

Williams’ signing of Sainz i🌊s a landmark moment for the team, giving them their strongest driver line-up since 2016.

Despite being one of F1’s slowest three teams, 🥀James Vowles’ p♓roject is on an upwards trajectory.

Giving his view on Sainz’s move to Williams, Norris added: “I'm happy for him, that he's still in Formula 1, I'm happy that🅠 he got a [2025] drive and he can try to bring Williams back up. 

“Him partnering Alex [Albon] will be good for Formul♛a 1 at the same time.

“That's a good thing, but I'm sure a lot of people wou༒ld love to say that he should have gone to Red Bull, potentially. But that's not my decision to make.”

Red Bull have backed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez until the end of the season - but his future for next year is unclear with Helm♓ut Marko teasing potential change🎉s in 2025.