Nov.7 (GMM) Dr Helmut Marko has confirmed that Pink Bull will make its long-awaited 2026 driver choices on the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP – after beforehand suggesting an announcement would are available Mexico.
“Now we have an choice on all drivers and can determine in Abu Dhabi,” Marko informed Kleine Zeitung. “We’ll be watching the subsequent few races intently, after which we’ll decide.”
The 82-year-old Austrian is known to favour selling Isack Hadjar to exchange Yuki Tsunoda at Pink Bull Racing – whereas crew principal Laurent Mekies and Pink Bull GmbH boss Oliver Mintzlaff are reportedly nonetheless open to holding Tsunoda for an additional yr.
Hadjar, at the moment impressing on debut at Racing Bulls, stated at Interlagos that he’s unfazed by the delay.
“I imply, to be trustworthy, it’s one thing I’m used to,” he stated. “I by no means signed a contract or had one thing introduced earlier than the top of the season in my entire profession. So I all the time needed to hold my head down and hold pushing till the very last lap.
“For me, it’s nothing new, and that’s the way it works with Pink Bull.”
Regardless of a viral clip this week displaying Tsunoda misplaced at Sao Paulo airport and not using a crew liaison to satisfy him, the Japanese driver insists he stays centered and assured.
“Throughout the final two weekends the automotive has felt nice when it has come to race tempo,” he stated. “I’m lapping very near Max and I really feel assured within the automotive and the updates we’ve got made.”
In the meantime, Liam Lawson, whose season initially at Pink Bull after which at Racing Bulls has been turbulent, could also be compelled out of Formulation 1 in favour of Arvid Lindblad.
“We’re all conscious that choices are coming in direction of the top of the yr,” he stated at Interlagos, “however the message to us has all the time been the identical – it’s to carry out,” Lawson stated.
“That’s what I’m making an attempt to do, and that’s what’s going to decide subsequent yr.”
