Officially, he is still free five seats. One in each team Mercedes, Red Bull in Alpha Tauri and both at Haas. However, it is worth mentioning that we can only talk about both seats on the American team.
There are plenty of racers vying for these vacant seats. Among other things, they are here Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez, Nico Hulkenberg, Alex Albon, Daniil Kvyat, Romain Grosjean in Kevin Magnussen - if we list the current still active racers who do not yet have a valid contract for the 2021 season. In addition, the racers must be added here Formula 2, such as Mick Schumacher, Callum ilott, Yuki Tsunoda in Nikita mazepin, who also hope to advance to the royal class of motorsport. It means five seats for eleven racers looking for and counting on their place in the 2021 season. Logically, in the end, many will be left empty-handed. Team decisions Williams and above all Alfa Romeo has worsened the starting point for the affected racers.
Officially confirmed and still vacant seats for the 2021 season
Team | Racing car 1 | Racing car 2 |
Mercedes | Valtteri Bottas | ?? |
Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | Carlos Sainz |
Red Bull | Max Verstappen | ?? |
McLaren | Lando Norris | Daniel Ricciardo |
Alpine | Fernando Alonso | Esteban Ocon |
Alpha Tauri | Pierre Gasly | ?? |
Aston Martin | Sebastian Vettel | Lance stroll |
Alfa Romeo | Kimi Raikkonen | Antonio Giovinazzi |
Haas | ?? | ?? |
Williams | George Russell | Nicholas latifi |
And because we can be sure it will Hamilton continued racing at Mercedes, is then the second seat Red Bull Racing currently the most attractive. There otherwise they want to continue with Albon, but at that time the matter was still completely open. Young Thai he may have a maximum of two races to prove he deserves a seat next year as well. Also with the team Alpha Tauri the matter is supposed to be definite, since according to the words Helmut Mark, second seat next to Pierre Gaslya belongs to a young Japanese man Cunodi, who is currently competing in Formula 2.
Sergio Perez will now have to monitor developments at Red Bullu, where he has in a former teammate Nice to Hülkenberg a strong competitor. In Mick Schumacher? The young German has long been associated with the headquarters at Alfa Romeo, but now his only option is just that Haas, where he reportedly looked very good. There, Michael Schumacher’s son could race with Nikito Mazepin.