Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says he 'couldn't rule any possibility out' on the driver market following Carlos Sainz's impressive win in Formula 1's Australian Grand Prix.
Still recovering from appendicitis surgery, Sainz won the Melbourne event after overtaking polesitter Max Verstappen on Lap 2 as the Dutchman hit trouble with the brakes. After Verstappen retired on Lap 4, Sainz comfortably had the measure of Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc to take his first win since last year's Singapore Grand Prix, being the only driver other than Verstappen to win a race since April last year.
' Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24 Photo by: Ferrari Sainz is also a previous Red Bull product, partnering Verstappen, Daniil Kvyat and Pierre Gasly at Toro Rosso from 2016 until an early move to Renault towards the end of 2017. When pressed by Motorsport.com regarding whether Horner would consider taking Sainz back, he replied: 'Look, based on a performance like that you couldn't rule any possibility out, so I think you just want to take the time .
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