How the 2019 grid is shaping up

  • Published on 17 Aug 2018 09:36
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  • By: Fergal Walsh

The pieces are starting to fall into place in terms of settling the line-ups for the 2019 season, as this week we have had two big announcements. Fernando Alonso first revealed that he would be leaving F1 after the current season, and on Thursday, McLaren confirmed that Carlos Sainz would be his replacement.

But there are still plenty of seats left to fill for the 2019 grid. Ferrari is yet to confirm its line-up for next year, with rumours swirling that Kimi Raikkonen is poised to sign a new two-year deal. Below, you can see a table of all the confirmed seats so far for the 2019 season.

2019 Confirmed Line-ups
Mercedes Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas
Ferrari Sebastian Vettel TBC
Red Bull Max Verstappen TBC
Force India TBC  TBC
Williams TBC TBC
Renault Nico Hulkenberg Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso TBC TBC
Haas TBC  TBC
McLaren Carlos Sainz TBC
Sauber TBC  TBC

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  • In general three questions left:

    1. Given this points-license system, who is getting the STR seats?
    2. Williams needs an experienced driver for development or a driver who's commercially attractive; e.g. tied to money, or undiscovered market/region: who?
    3. Is Leclerc moving up, or staying put?

    The answer to those three questions decide the 2019 field.

    Mercedes: Hamilton & Bottas
    Ferrari: Vettel & Raikkonen
    Red Bull: Verstappen & Gasly
    Renault: Ricciardo & Hulkenberg
    Haas: Magnussen & Grosjean/Leclerc/Perez?
    Stroll Racing (Force India) - Stroll & Perez/Ocon?
    McLaren: Sainz & Ocon/Vandoorne/Norris?
    Toro Rosso: Ticktum & Hartley/Cassidy/Vandoorne?
    Sauber: Giovinazzi & Kubica/Ericsson/Perez?
    Williams: Sirotkin & Kubica/Grosjean/Ocon/Russell/Albon?

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    • Aug 17 2018 - 11:21
    • Formula1: The Order of Wishful thinking
      =========================
      Force India: Stroll & Perez
      McLaren: Sainz & Ocon
      Sauber: Leclerc & Giovinazzi
      Haas: Romain & Magnussen
      Williams: Sirotkin & Russell

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      • Aug 17 2018 - 16:29
    • Kean

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      Ferrari: Vettel / Räikkönen
      Mercedes: Hamilton / Bottas
      Red Bull: Verstappen / Gasly
      Renault: Hülkenberg / Ricciardo
      Haas: Magnussen / Leclerc
      McLaren: Sainz Jr. / Ocon
      Alfa Romeo Sauber: Vandoorne / Giovinazzi
      Williams: Sirotkin / Pay driver like Latifi, Mazepin or Gelael. Perhaps Kubica.
      Toro Rosso: Norris / Wehrlein (or Russell, Ticktum & Matsushita needs to win their respective series in order to get a super license.)

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      • Aug 17 2018 - 19:31
    • Kean

      Posts: 692

      ..... Force India: Perez / Stroll

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      • Aug 17 2018 - 19:32
    • boudy

      Posts: 1,168

      Hope for felix rosenqvist in STR

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      • Aug 17 2018 - 23:53

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