Ralf Schumacher has urged Toto Wolff to query Carlos Sainz’s contract, and more to the point, its clauses after Kimi Antonelli’s “underwhelming”, in Wolff’s words, Italian Grand Prix.

Antonelli joined the Formula 1 circus this season, tipped to be the next once-in-a-generation talent after Max Verstappen and called a prodigy by some.

‘I think Carlos Sainz would be available at any time’

Wolff was quick to quash that hype during the pre-season, telling Auto Motor und Sport: “He will only be a prodigy when he truly delivers in Formula 1. We hope it happens sooner rather than later, but certainly not right at the beginning.”

It was, however, at the beginning that the Antonelli hype began to build as the teenager clinched three top-six results on the trot at the start of his F1 career.

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