The Formula 1 driver market in 2024 has been truly manic. This was always likely to be the case given that more than half the field were in the final year of their contracts. And yet, virtually nobody anticipated that Lewis Hamilton would take the historic decision to leave Mercedes. Thus the battle to partner George Russell and the future of Carlos Sainz have dominated the headlines. The second Mercedes seat remains unfilled, although 17-year-old academy driver Kimi Antonelli is virtually certain to replace Hamilton. Sainz, meanwhile, confirmed last week that he’d be joining Williams on a mul…
