Red Bull's biggest error: "Why didn't they take Carlos Sainz back?"

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18:38, 19 Dec 2019

Red Bull Racing had a solid season in 2019 but former F1 driver turned pundit Karun Chandhok believes that the team has made a number of errors since their dominance in the early 2010s.

"It went wrong when they thought they no longer needed to invest. They had Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber and behind them Carlos Sainz, Daniil Kvyat, Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne.

"A whole laundry list and I think they missed the boat then. They probably didn't expect drivers like Vettel, Ricciardo and Sainz to leave," said Chandhok in a video from Motorsport Magazine.

Chandhok thinks that they should have held onto McLaren's Carlos Sainz who joined Toro Rosso in 2015.

"Why didn't they take Sainz back? There was a chance when his period at Renault ended, but then Red Bull chose Gasly and McLaren took over Sainz. If you look back on that now, that is really a wrong decision and you wonder if they have been asleep?"

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	179
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	136
3	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	132
4	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	85
5	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	83
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	82
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	76
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	42
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	41
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	31
11	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	16
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Red Bull's biggest error: "Why didn't they take Carlos Sainz back?"

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