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How F1's top racers could detonate the 2021 driver market

Formula 1's 2021 rules shake-up is intended to shuffle the order. But for three drivers at the front right now, making a call on where they start the new era will be based on blind faith as much as it will be on next year's results

While the Formula 1 teams should finally have clarity about the championship's 2021 rules later this month, and can therefore get on with preparing their cars, the competitive uncertainty the upcoming new era brings opens up a fascinating dynamic for the championship's top drivers.

When rules are stable and performance does not swing much from one season to the next, there is a fairly straightforward magnetic attraction between the top drivers and the top seats.

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