Formula 1: Which drivers will drive for which teams in 2019?

Alfa Romeo Sauber, Ferrari

Marcus Ericsson is in the midst of what could become a career season in his fourth season driving for Sauber. Since he started driving for the team in the 2015 season, he had only scored points in one of his three seasons driving for the team coming into the 2018 season. That season was the 2015 season.

The five points that the 27-year-old Swede has scored so far this season as a result of his sixth, seventh and eighth career top 10 finishes are his first five points since the 2015 season when he scored nine points. With both Ericsson and Sauber as a whole improving and given his financial backing situation, expect him to return to the team in 2019.

With Sauber’s other current driver, rookie Charles Leclerc, likely set to either move to Ferrari or Haas next season, there will likely be a seat open alongside Marcus Ericsson in 2019. That seat will likely be taken by Antonio Giovinazzi.

Ferrari urged Sauber to sign both Leclerc and Giovinazzi this season. While Ferrari signed the 20-year-old Monegasque, they did not sign the 24-year-old Italian. Given Leclerc’s success so far this season, perhaps the Swiss team will take Ferrari’s advice and sign Giovinazzi for next year. After all, he has tested for the team this season after driving in two races for the team in 2017 as the replacement driver for the injured Pascal Wehrlein.