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

Haas, Ferrari

Sauber rookie Charles Leclerc was widely believed to be Kimi Raikkonen’s replacement at Ferrari starting in the 2019 Formula 1 season. In fact, it was revealed that Ferrari were ready to sign him and that he and Ferrari even reached an agreement that that he did not sign. However, the death of former Ferrari CEO Sergio Marchionne, who was a big fan of Leclerc and wanted him to be promoted to Ferrari as soon as possible, means that this likely won’t happen quite yet.

However, seeing as how the 20-year-old Monegasque, who has had a lot of success in his rookie season, has been tabbed my many people as a future Formula 1 champion and how many people believe he could very well have success at Ferrari even if he is promoted to the team for next season, it would make perfect sense for Haas, the other Ferrari-powered team aside of Ferrari and Sauber, to sign him as the replacement driver for the struggling Romain Grosjean. At worst, the 2016 GP3 Series and 2017 Formula 2 champion deserves to drive for a mid-pack team as opposed to a backmarker team.

Kevin Magnussen has been impressive in his second season driving for Haas. Throughout the entire year so far, he has been in the battle to be the “best of the rest” driver behind the six Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull Racing drivers. He currently sits in eighth place in the driver standings behind Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg in seventh.

Haas have no reason not to sign the 25-year-old Dane to a contract extension after the season he has had, especially given the fact that he has more than twice the amount of points than teammate Romain Grosjean has (45 to 21).