It seems they could only do wrong. If they wouldn't have chosen someone from the junior program they would get criticism and if they had chosen someone from another team they'd get criticism too. (Although technically speaking Carlos is from the junior programf1isgood wrote: ↑31 May 2025, 11:30True, would have been a very good second driver seeing how he fares next to Alex. Almost no threat to taking points off Max but close enough to cause issues to other teams. Horner and Marko deserve rightful criticism for not choosing Sainz.

And sometimes there were some fireworks between Carlos and his teammate.
I'm not sure if this pairing would have done well.