7 Drivers Whose Contracts ARE UP! 📑

Silly season feels ominously close and we are just waiting for it to kick into full swing... IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME! But whose contract is up for renewal (or not) at the end of this season? Here are the 7 drivers who are more likely to be on the chopping block at the end of the year! Who do think is the least likely to stay on the grid for next season? Let us know, in the comments!

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[ThunderDawg]

Yuki will be kept, Helmut really likes him

[mrmachx]

I don’t see Hamilton, Tsunoda, Zhou, or Sargeant leaving their teams yet.

[gabrieldias]

Has everyone in the office left for summer break and left Hannah alone? 😂

She's the only one doing the videos recently!

Hannah, if you've been made prisoner, give us a sign! Hahahah😂

[drummerd]

Haas drivers, Zhou, Sargeant, and yuki are set to stay put. Haas likes the experienced drivers, which both of them are. Zhou has been doing well, overall close to his much more experienced teammate. Sargeant is a true rookie and a Williams academy driver, who’s been showing improvement. And yuki has been putting that alpha tauri where it has no business being (in the points).

Hamilton is 50/50 because who knows if merc will give him what he wants to stay, and he wants a lot but brings a lot

Danny ric, we will see, he’s only been in two races in the car, and as much as I like him, I don’t see him getting in a RB next year, as Perez will stay at least until the end of his contract, and they probably want a rb jr in that seat next year

[EverythingSim]

Guys can we talk about Hulkenburg for a second? He’s made it to q3 how many times now? He’s absolutely driving the wheels off that freaking Haas

[FinnManusia]

Feels weird when I saw news about Lerclerc and Lewis switching sits next season or two seasons from now. News article can be weird.

[debbielongley-brown]

I thought Hamilton signed a new contract?

[mamavswild]

I think it will be a fairly tame silly season this year with the exception of what happened with Ricciardo.

2024 will be insane though

[Xashyu]

Max will probably be out of the grid next year because he would've finished the race to watch the rest

[davidpanken]

If Lewis wants to keep racing, he’s guaranteed a seat. And I think it will be at Mercedes. I also see Nico and Yuki staying with their teams. The rest I’m not so sure of.

[eden]

Haas seem to forget about contracts this year or they are planning another huge shift
We had two Rockies then two old drivers what's next ?

[josemoon]

Ted Kravitz said on the Hungarian notebook that terms have been agreed with Hamilton- Mercedes

[duxandrespasha]

K Mag has been threatened already -- unlike Hulk. Yuki and Zhou provide money. Sargeant is an American driver for an American team. Danny provides experience and a long relationship with the Red Bull family. It would be a PR crisis for Mercedes if Lewis left, IMHO, and there are no good enough seats outside left for him either. So I regard this negotiation as both parties playing hard so as to get the better possible deal but eventually they will reach an agreement.

[jxy]

The person I see truly leaving is probably gonna be K-Mag due to him having a family, he’d probably want to spend most of his time with them + his preform the season could have been better. Now on the other hand of a person getting kicked out would be Logan Sargent, so far no points, and with the availability of Mick Schumacher or Nyck De Vries, I don’t see Logan continuing for another season with his preformance.

[iornlazer]

just thought of this, does anyone remember the 2018 tyre compounds? they seem so weird now.

[cod]

Cant see magnussen keeping his seat at this rate, zhou and tsunoda definitely deserve at least another year

[pepperonish]

I think Haas would be looking to replace K mag

[DekGTmad]

Magnussen and Sargent are most at risk in this list, glaring miss is Perez, though it would be a straight swap for Ricciardo to Alpha Tauri, or to HAAS replacing K-Mag

[SyBo]

I think Magnussen is probably the most likely to be out considering how much he is outclassed by Hulkenberg this season.
I also feel like Bottas is very much at risk even though he does have a contract for next year.

[dragons]

I personally believe that kmag is most likely to not have a seat at the end of this season