The factors that explain F1’s uniquely conservative driver choices for 2024
Until Lewis Hamilton dropped his Ferrari bombshell, the driver market was looking a bit staid. The 20 drivers who finished 2023 are in the same seats for 2024. That’s not rare, it’s unique. But why is that, asks MATT YOUSON, and what intrigue remains for 2025?
Behold! The new season is upon us. Time for GP Racing to deploy well-honed analytical skills, scrutinise driver moves, evaluate rookies’ junior records and prognosticate on the risks teams are taking with new hires. Only we can’t.
Conservatism has swept the paddock, with every team retaining the pairing that finished 2023. Remarkably this is the first time these circumstances have come about since the world championship began in 1950.
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