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Carlos Sainz: “I don’t understand why” Red Bull rejected me as Max Verstappen team-mate

Williams Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz “doesn’t understand” why he was refused an opportunity to return to the Red Bull fold and prove himself against Max Verstappen after being dropped by Ferrari for 2025. 

Sainz was given his start in F1 through the Red Bull junior programme, joining the series in 2015 at Toro Rosso alongside Verstappen. However, tensions flared between the pair as they fought for a chance to prove themselves to Red Bull and the F1 paddock. 

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