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“He said it was very difficult to be convinced right now that we'd be going. Because there are still things happening there, and there's an election in the US shortly.”

Carlos Sainz, read out by Kym Illman, at 11:30 of “Daniel Ricciardo Is BACK in Austin! | 2026 Austin Grand Prix” on Kym Illman’s channel.

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11:23 And F1 will be watching that very closely.
11:26 In fact, Carlos was asked about it today in the press conference.
11:30 He said it was very difficult to be convinced right now that we'd be going.
11:34 Because there are still things happening there, and there's an election in the US shortly.
11:38 He went on to say it's "relatively premature" to be so convinced.
11:42 All of the three drivers in that press conference pretty much said that if both the FIA and Formula One say it's safe to race, they will go.