The 2022 world championship has not yet officially begun, but the thought on the permanence of the riders in the Circus already goes far beyond what will be next season. Specifically, some of them are returning from the signatures recently applied to their respective contracts, which will guarantee the continuation of their respective careers at least as regards the world 2023. On the contrary, the next championship will be equally decisive for several riders of the wheel, whose agreements with your teams will expire right at end of the season which has yet to begin. In the latter case, among other things, several first-class names are included such as those of Sebastian Vettel, Sergio Perez and the Spaniards Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainzwith all of them who will necessarily have to discuss with their teams by or during next winter to be able to continue in F1.
Following a ‘chronological’ order of the aforementioned protagonists, the future of Vettel and Perez will mainly be linked to the results that 2022 will reserve, which is crucial for a renewal. While the four-time German world champion will presumably take stock of the season to decide the continuation of his career – just like Alonso – the Mexican of Red Bull will have to demonstrate all the qualities of him to win the wheel of the Anglo-Austrian team also for the next championships. . Different case for the Ferrari driver Sainz, who has already anticipated the desire to discuss with the Prancing Horse over the next winter. Furthermore, 2022 will also be the last year of the contract for the drivers of AlphaTauri, Williams – which confirm their drivers from season to season – ed Haasas well as the newcomer Guanyu Zhou in Alfa Romeo. Following, however, the names of those who already have the certainty of being on the starting grid for 2023:
TEAM | PILOT | NOTE |
Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Expiry at the end of 2023 |
George Russell | Multi-year contract | |
Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Expiry at the end of 2023 |
Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | Expiry at the end of 2024 |
McLaren | Lando Norris | Expiry at the end of 2025 |
Daniel Ricciardo | Expiry at the end of 2023 | |
Alpine | Esteban Ocon | Expiry at the end of 2024 |
Alfa Romeo | Valtteri Bottas | Expiry at the end of 2023 |
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