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Sainz: Red Bull rushed to extend my contract to stop rumours

Carlos Sainz has played down any lingering speculation that he might still be in the running to change teams for 2017. Earlier, there were suggestions Red Bull might agree to release the Toro Rosso driver to engine supplier Renault, in exchange for a better deal on the ‘power unit' supply. Those rumours resurfaced at Monza, and the correspondent for Denmark's BT newspaper claims that Sainz was even seen in the Renault motor home. But Sainz now tells Auto Hebdo: 'I think if Red Bull rushed to extend my contract at Toro Rosso, it was only to stop those sorts of rumours. 'I am very pleased that I am appreciated and I'm proud of it. In the history of Toro Rosso there were not too many...
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