“There are still three and a half years left and there is time for a lot of changes in the driving market,” said Adam Baker, CEO of Audi’s F1 project, when asked on Monday, at the presentation of the German firm’s F1 challenge in Madrid , for drivers who could join the new team in 2026.
Adam identified two paths, both possible at the same time. The first, the idea of creating a program for young talents. “We will have a program, the simulator and we will work with the pilots for development, and this is important. It can be linked to a program of talent or young pilots, but we will talk about it,” he said about this. And secondly, they consider the idea of having an experienced driver to help them in the initial development of the car: “Now the driver works more in the simulator and on the test bench. It will be very interesting to have of a veteran driver and We are considering it,” he told MD.
In that sense, he is open to the options of Carlos Sainz or Fernando Alonso. It would be incredible. But there are still many years left. It would be very good,” he said about Carlos, who will be 31 years old at the beginning of 2026.
“And Alonzo? The Dream Team! Of course we are interested, but it is very difficult to imagine what will happen in 3 years. We can dream, it would be speculating”, he added about the Spaniard, without closing any doors. The man from Oviedo has always said that he wants to continue in F1 “two or three more years”, in this case, with Aston Martin to lead the Silverstone project. If he completes three more seasons in F1, at the beginning of 2026 he will be 45 years old and will have experience that can be of great help to Audi.
Source: La Verdad
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