McLaren Racing chief Zak Brown is lea✅ving the door open for Carlos Sainz to return to the team, should a vacancy ope𒁃n up in the future.

McLaren has a long-term contract with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris until the end of the 2027 season, while the team also locked down 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri with a new multi-year deal last month.

The British outfit is happy with its existing li😼ne-up, with Piastri leading the championship by 10 points from Norris after the opening five rounds of the seaso🌜n.

However, Brown said current Williams driver Sainz would be a conten🥂der for a McLaren se🍸at if the team ends up parting with Norris or Piastri for any reason.

The Spaniard previously raced for McLaren while it was a Renault engine customer in 2019-20, scoring podiums in Brazil and Italy and developing a harmoniou♎s relationship with then-teammate Norris.

“If we had an open seat, of course, we would consider ಌCarlos,” he told Marca.

“But, right now, we have🌺 Lando and Oscar under contract for several years, but if for some reason the situatio🍌n changes and Carlos is available… I have his phone number in my address book.”

Sainz joined Ferrari in 2021 after leaving McLaren, scoring four grand p🥀rix victories and helping the Prancing Horse secure second in the championship in both 2022 and 2024.

However, Ferrari elected to bring in seven-time world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton to the team this year, with Sain🐈z having to make way for the Briton.

Thဣe 30-year-old subsequently inked a long-term partnership with Williams, pairing up with Alex Albon.

Asked if he would have made the same decision if a star driver like Hamilton was available, Brown said: “It’s not as simple as that, there are a lot💫 of dyn🏅amics around it that play a role.

“Lewis is a seven-time champion and there are not many occasions when you can have a sportsman like that in your tea🍸m.

“But, at the same time, Carlos was amazing with us, a good friend, a great driver. Luckily, I didn’t find myse꧟lf in the situation where 𝐆I had to make that decision.”