Lewis Hamilton's shock pre-season revelation he was quitting Mercedes to team up with Charles Leclerc at Ferrari next season set the Formula One driver market rumour mill spinning faster than ever.
A host of drivers on the grid have now been left on tenterhooks waiting on the man seven-time champion Hamilton is replacing at the Scuderia, Carlos Sainz, to announce his next move.
"Carlos is the cork in the bottle.
We are all waiting for him to make a move, then all the pieces in the puzzle will fall into place," Haas driver Kevin Magnussen said.
Sainz dashed any hopes his paddock rivals may have entertained of announcing a decision this weekend at his home Spanish Grand Prix.
"The latest news is I will take a decision very soon," he said.
"I don't want to wait any longer, it has taken up space in my head for a few month now.
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