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The Japanese manufacturer, which only returned to the sport in 2015, said in a statement it would instead dedicate its resources to 'the future realisation of carbon neutrality'.
The matter will still go to the governing FIA’s International Court of Appeal after Ferrari and Renault confirmed their intention to take the matter forward.
Sunday’s race, the first of two in Austria on successive weekends, will be the latest start to a championship after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the scheduled Australian opener on 15 March before a wheel had turned.
Ferrari said 25-year-old Sainz, who replaces four times world champion Sebastian Vettel alongside young Monegasque Charles Leclerc at the sport’s most glamorous team, had signed for 2021 and 2022.
Austria is expected to host two races from July to start a season that has so far seen 10 rounds either cancelled or postponed.
The sportscar maker said in a statement the temporary three-month wage reduction was part of wider cost-cutting measures due to the impact of the pandemic on its business.
The highly-rated young Spaniard came home fourth on the road for McLaren in Sunday's tumultuous race, but was promoted to third when six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was penalised - and then made to wait while his own race was investigated.
The double Formula One world champion’s No. 66 McLaren Racing Chevrolet slid into the wall on the exit of Turn 3 before skidding across the track and into the interior barrier and striking the outside barrier again.
Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc dominated pre-season testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya amid excited talk of Ferrari ending Mercedes’ five-year stranglehold on the sport.
The 37-year-old Spaniard left Formula One at the end of last season but remains close to the team as an ambassador and also as a driver competing in the Indianapolis 500 with a McLaren entry in May.
McLaren, the team of the late Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, ended up sixth and would have been seventh without the failure of Force India.
Former champions McLaren finished sixth overall last season and have carried out a series of management changes in the past year as they seek to return to the top.
McLaren said on Wednesday that the deal would involve technical and commercial collaboration delivered through its applied technologies division.
The Spaniard’s comments appeared to be at odds with Red Bull boss Christian Horner, who suggested after Daniel Ricciardo’s decision that Alonso was not under consideration.
The pole, in a track record time of one minute 11.212 seconds, drew a huge roar from the crowd on a damp day at Hockenheim.
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets for Mercedes in both practice sessions at the Australian Grand Prix on Friday but Red Bull’s Max Verstappen showed enough pace to give the Silver Arrows pause for thought.
Champion Lewis Hamilton posted a flying lap of one minute 24.026 seconds on a glorious day at Albert Park’s lakeside circuit, leaving a gap of over half a second to teammate Valtteri Bottas.
After a nightmare three years with Honda ended in a parting of the ways and a new relationship with Renault, McLaren need to deliver.