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Renault planning for Sainz replacement

Renault will not wait for Daniel Ricciardo to decide his Formula One future before starting the search for a potential replacement for Spanish driver Carlos Sainz. The French manufacturer team currently have Sainz on loan from Red Bull, who can take back the 23-year-old at the end of the season should their race-winning Australian Ricciardo decide to go elsewhere. "We need to make plans, we need to be prepared for the worst as always," Renault Sport F1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul told Reuters at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. "So the worst for us would be that we would want to stay with Carlos and that’s not possible. And it can happen, let’s be honest. So we need to...
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