The top picks to replace Vettel at Ferrari
With a place at Ferrari free in 2021, here is a look at the leading candidates who could fill the spot that will be vacated by Sebastian Vettel at the end of the Formula 1 season
Just when Formula 1's 2020 silly season had looked as if it would fail to live up to the billing it deserved with so many top drivers heading into the final year of their current contracts, Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari reignited the market.
Vettel is leaving one of the best seats on the grid - whether that's simply in terms of Ferrari's heritage and prestige or because he occupies one of only six cars that can realistically win a race until the 2022 rule changes.
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Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.
A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.
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