An Early Look Ahead to Possible 2016 F1 Driver Line-Ups

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Published: January 14, 2015

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A favourite parlour game in Formula One circles is predicting which drivers will move where at the conclusion of each season. Usually, the speculation heats up in August, when the teams take a month-long break from racing and there is not a ton of other news.

Each year, though, it seems like the driver carousel talk begins earlier and earlier. The 2015 season has not even begun—heck, testing for the 2015 season has not even begun—but there are already rumours swirling about who is going where for 2016.

Some of it is surely just idle chatter, filling the void as everyone waits anxiously for the new cars to get out on the track, but that does not mean it isn't fun to speculate.

Keeping in mind that lots can change once drivers see the relative performance of the cars, once the behind-the-scenes paddock politics switch into gear and once considerations like budgets and sponsorship come into play, let's take an early look at some of the rumours and potential driver switches for 2016.

The most coveted seats are Lewis Hamilton's and Nico Rosberg's with defending champions Mercedes. They will once again be the class of the field in 2015 and their advantage could extend even further than that, provided there is not a big shake-up in the engine regulations.



Last September, in the midst of an intense battle between the Mercedes duo, McLaren CEO Ron Dennis told the BBC's Andrew Benson, "We can imagine a range of scenarios that could see one of their drivers on the market by the end of the year."

Perhaps the most likely of those scenarios is Hamilton winning the title again in 2015 and Rosberg feeling the need to move on for his own shot at glory. The team did agree to a multi-year deal with Rosberg last July, but the German driver was leading the championship at the time.

The bottom line, though, is that no driver wants to leave a dominant car. Unless Hamilton...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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