Barring 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nyck de Vries’ mid-season ousting which paved the way for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo’s shock comeback with AlphaTauri, this year’s driver marไket has 🌠been remarkably stable.

No drivers have switched teams for 2024 and the grid will remain as it is if Williams decide to retain168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Logan Sargeant, whose seat is the oౠnly left unconfirmed for next year. 

However, Haas driver Hulkenberg, who himself has been linked with a return to Sauber ahead of Aud♛i’s takeover, expects plenty of movement before new engine rules are introduced in 20💧26. 

“I think there’s still so much gap between now and then,” the German said o꧋f the 2026 regulations. 

“Sounds like ❀quite a big change [the regulations] and for sure, I think at the beginning of next year, you start to wonder about that. 

“The Musical Chairs I think will move in and work quite a bit next year and I think naturally thꩲings will fall in place for people so yeah, depends what happens, how you perform and how strong your value is.”

So who could end up moving bet𓄧ween now and then? 

It’s all complete guesswork at this stage, but that hasn’t stopped us fr𝄹om♚ making some purely hypothetical (and probably incorrect) fantasy predictions…

Norris joins Verstappen at Red Bull

Having decided to dispense of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez’s services after the Mexican’s inconsistent performances spill over into 2024, and unconvinced that Ricciardo is the answe🦄r, Red Bull break with tradition to create an F1 ‘superteam’.

They launch a mega-money offer that McLaren and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris simply cannot refuse to get the highly-rated Briton out of his contract a year early to become 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen’s next teammate from 2025. 

After demonstrating his talents at McLaren for several years, Norris finally gets the chance to drive a front-running and champ♋ionship-winning car, and pit h🅰imself against a now four-time world champion. 

Ocon replaces Hamilton at Mercedes 

After Mercedes’ competitive struggles continue and168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton grows tired of battling in the midfield for another two season♉s, the seven-time world champion makes the bombshell decision to call time on his illustrious career at the end of his contract. 

With Red Bull moving early to take Norris off the market, Mercedes are forced to look at other targets. An attempt to sign 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc was rebuffed, with Ferrari unwilling to make further changes to their driver line-up (more on🎐 that to come below🙈). 

Mercedes look to former protege 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Ocon, who Toto Wolff is a huge admirer of and originally wanted to place in one of his cars. Having proved his worth as a grand prix winner at Alpine, Ocon gets his dream move to Mercedes where he will partner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell, who has taken on the tea🥃m leader position. &n🐠bsp;

Sainz gambles on Audi's F1 project 

Unable to force himself ahead of superstar teammate Leclerc, and with Ferrari still not in a position to fight for world championships, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz decides against signing a new deal tꩲo instead put his faith in Audi’s F1 project. 

The much-rumoured move is finally confirmed during the 2024 summer break, wit💜h Sainz joining the Sauber-run F1 team in 2025 to give himself a year to bed in prior to the Swiss outfit’s transformation into the Audi ౠworks squad. 

At Audi, where Sainz will reunite with former McLaren boss Andreas Seidl, Sainz will finall🍰y get the chance to establish himself as a number one driver and build a team around him, something he has so far been unable to do. 

Ferrari snap up sought-after Albon 

Ferrari, in need of a replacement for Sainz, offer their number one target168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Alex Albon another 𒈔chance 💙to show what he can do in front-running F1 machinery. 

Despite♛ being happy at an ever-improving Williams, where he has flourished and rebuilt his reputation following his difficult and🥂 short-lived Red Bull stint, Albon jumps at the opportunity to drive for F1’s most famous team and try to help turn them back into serial winners. 

Herta (finally) gets F1 shot with Andretti 

In a world where the Andretti-Cadillac bid is approved by F1 after initially being green-lighted b☂y the FIA, Colton Herta gets a long-awa⭕ited F1 break for the American outfit’s debut season in 2026. 

Herta, who was unfortunate to miss out on an F1 drive for 2023 due to t♏he sport’s stringent super-licence rules, follow🎃s Andretti over from America after an impressive IndyCar career. 

Now 26, Herta fulfils F1’s desire to have an American driver racing for an Ame༺rican team.