Carlos Sainz is confident he has 'good options' as he weighs up his future beyond Ferrari next season - with the soon-to-be free agent's blistering start to 2024 prompting links to Mercedes, Red Bull,

Carlos Sainz says the ‘good options’ remain on the table as the sport’s most wanted future free agent weighs up his future from the 2025 season. Carlos Sainz may be losing his Ferrari seat to Lewis Hamilton in 2025, but the free agent is feeling confident about his future An impressive start to 2024 saw the Spaniard recover from appendicitis to win in Melbourne Sainz finished third at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka a fortnight ago in another promising trip on the circuit for the Scuderia ‘It’s going to take some time for everyone to make up their mind and make their decisions but the good options are still open. That’s my number one priority.’ A third-place finish at the Japanese Grand Prix a fortnight ago saw Sainz close the gap on Leclerc in the drivers standings to just four points, despite the Spaniard taking part in one race fewer than Leclerc after missing the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in the wake of his operation. Charles Leclerc has been increasingly outperformed by his talented team-mate, whose phone hasn't stopped ringing as he seeks to nail down next season's seat ‘It is true that in my off weeks there is a lot of background and phone calls going on but once you get to a race weekend and sit down here on a Thursday and answer three or four questions about your future and other things.