The Carlos Sainz transfer telenovela continues to deliver further twists, the kind that only a soap opera can deliver seconds before the “doof doof” feeds into the final credits at the end of a hackneyed half-hour of stilted conversation. So, where were we?
At the end of the last episode, Sainz continued to pore over two clear offers: one from Sauber, one from Williams. There’s a knock at the door, and the camera follows the Spaniard twisting the handle. The director, containing the surprise for a second longer, switches to a shot of him standing on the doorstep and a barely audible gasp breaks from his countenance. Flavio Briatore stands there, offer in hand, hoping to whisk him away from under the noses of the other teams and bring him to Alpine.
