"No hard feelings towards Lewis Hamilton," Carlos Sainz

Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari for the 2025 season to partner up with Charles Leclerc. This will leave Carlos Sainz without a seat, as he looks for his options. The Spaniard will spend his fourth season here at Ferrari, as he stated that he has no hard feeling towards Lewis Hamilton for taking his seat.

He stated that he has immense respect for the Briton, and he understands and respects his decision to join Ferrari.

“From my side obviously no hard feelings, with anyone,” Sainz explained ahead of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. “I think this is how the sport works. Obviously I have a lot of respect for Lewis, the success he’s had and obviously the choice to join Ferrari. I would have done the same in his position

“I think Ferrari’s a great team and at some point towards the second half of your career – or at the end, I don’t know where he’s at right now, he only knows – but for sure it’s a team you would like to be part of, so I fully understand that. And [with] someone like Fred [Vasseur] that he knows and he has a good relationship with and trusts, it’s a no-brainer to go to Ferrari.

"From my side obviously, as I said, no hard feelings. I’m focusing on my future and where am I going to go next, and in the meantime [I will] keep doing the best I can for this team.”