Alonso-Aston Martin: how the market evolves in 11 deadlines

2025: year of upheavals?

The 2025 season will be destined for a possible revolution on the starting grid, at least judging by the current situation which sees just over half of the drivers contract expiring at the end of 2024. For the moment, the only certainties have come from Lewis Hamilton's move to Ferrari, as well as from the very recent signing of Fernando Alonso, initially at the center of transfer rumors which were all swept away with the renewal in Aston Martin until 2026. It therefore remains to be understood what will be the future of eleven drivers in the Circus.

The top teams

We start with the highest level teams: Ferrari and Red Bull. In the first case, it is yet to be understood what the destination will be Carlos Sainz, which will give way to the aforementioned Hamilton in 2025. The Spaniard's name has been linked to teams such as Mercedes and Red Bull, as well as Sauber, which will come under the control of Audi in 2026. Everything to understand too Sergio Perezwith the Mexican's main objective remaining that of renewal with Red Bull, never fully assured especially by Helmut Marko.

Teammates

Then there are four teams that have yet to renew the contracts of both of their drivers. One of these is the Racing Bullswith Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo. While the Japanese has also been linked to Red Bull, the situation is more complicated for the Australian, still without points after the first races of the season and with the growing 'threat' of Liam Lawson. Everything to understand even at home Alpinethis time with Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, both in clear difficulty with the competitiveness crisis of the transalpine company. There are still no press releases from either Kick Sauberin its penultimate year before the passage under the control of Audi from 2026. The decisions and agreements with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyuexactly as with Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenbergin this case in Haas. Separate discussion for Williamswhich after Albon's renewal has yet to be evaluated Logan Sargeant, whose future in F1 seems increasingly at risk. Finally, Lance Stroll, whose contract with Aston Martin is not known, is not officially among the eleven expiring drivers, but the Canadian driver seems intent on continuing at least until 2026 to evaluate whether the Honda-powered Aston Martin will be a title winner with the The arrival of the new regulations.

Drivers whose contracts expire at the end of 2024