With the surprising news yesterday that Fernando Alonso will join Aston Martin in 2023, replacing the retiring Sebastian Vettel (still heartbroken about it, I can’t lie), here’s what I think will happen with the remaining seats.
Alfa Romeo
The best choice is to keep Zhou Guanyu. He’s had such a good season so far. He may not have had that many points, but he is consistently fighting for points.
AlphaTauri
Retain Yuki Tsunoda. He’s had terrible luck lately, but he produces decent results when given the right car.
Alpine
OSCAR PIASTRI!!!!!!!!!! The reigning F2 champion, he has done a lot to deserve that seat. I also wouldn’t mind seeing Daniel Ricciardo take it. Oscar to McLaren and Daniel to Alpine, reuniting the best pairing of the 2020 season.
Haas
Retain Mick Schumacher. Decent driver, but if the rumours about him not renewing his Ferrari Driver Academy contract are true, he may be looking elsewhere. If that is the case, Antonio Giovinazzi could be good.
Williams
Rumour has it Alex Albon is staying for 2023, which is great news but I would have said him anyway. However, I would not say Latifi. Albon has outqualified him at all but a couple of races (Silverstone obviously being one of them), and Albon has actually managed to achieve a points finish on a couple of occasions.
For his replacement, I would say: Nyck De Vries, Mick Schumacher (if he doesn’t stay at Haas), Théo Pourchaire, Felipe Drugovich or Nico Hülkenberg. To be honest, I just want to see Hülkenberg back in F1. But he could be a good fit if they want to go for somebody with F1 experience (their former driver – and current Alfa Romeo test and reserve driver – Robert Kubica would also be a good shout).
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