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Formula 1 2020 driver lineup: Who lands where? Making sense of the rumors

By Asher Fair

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - AUGUST 04: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (33) Aston Martin Red Bull Racing RB15 leads the field into turn two at the start during the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on August 04, 2019 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images)
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - AUGUST 04: Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (33) Aston Martin Red Bull Racing RB15 leads the field into turn two at the start during the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on August 04, 2019 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Lars Baron/Getty Images) /
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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – AUGUST 04: Pierre Gasly of France driving the (10) Aston Martin Red Bull Racing RB15 (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – AUGUST 04: Pierre Gasly of France driving the (10) Aston Martin Red Bull Racing RB15 (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) /

Driving in 2019, missing from 2020 driver lineup prediction

N/A. ROMAIN GROSJEAN. #8. . No. 8

SPECULATION: Romain Grosjean just barely saved his ride with Haas after a terrible start to the 2018 season. But his 2019 season has been even worse, and it has involved one too many run-ins with teammate Kevin Magnussen for him to be considered anything but a likely ex-Haas driver once the season ends.

#10. . No. 10. N/A. PIERRE GASLY

SPECULATION: Pierre Gasly’s impressive 2018 season at Toro Rosso landed him at Red Bull Racing for the 2019 season, but his lackluster performance at Red Bull Racing landed him back at Toro Rosso just after the 2019 season’s halfway point. Unless he can show marked improvement at the Faenza-based team following his demotion, the idea that he can’t perform well at the flagship team will linger over the heads of those making the decisions for next year’s driver lineup, especially with the prospect of Honda persuading the team to sign Naoki Yamamoto.

#99. . No. 99. N/A. ANTONIO GIOVINAZZI

SPECULATION: Antonio Giovinazzi has simply not performed well in his rookie season driving for Alfa Romeo Racing. He has scored just one of the team’s 32 points, and even had both he and teammate Kimi Raikkonen not been penalized and stripped of their top eight results following the German Grand Prix, he would still have accounted for just five of their 42 points. Surely Ferrari will want to give another one of their young drivers a chance in Formula 1 after promoting the 25-year-old Italian to the Ferrari-powered team ahead of this year.

No. 88. N/A. ROBERT KUBICA. #88.

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SPECULATION: Robert Kubica has simply not performed well in his comeback season to Formula 1. While he is responsible for scoring Williams’ lone point so far in 2019, he scored that point thanks to a very, very fortunate sequence of events in a race during which Williams themselves cost teammate George Russell a top five finish.

Russell has outqualified the 34-year-old Pole for all 12 races that have been contested so far this year, and he has beaten him on race day in 10 of those races. In five of those races, he has finished one lap ahead of him.

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What will the 2020 Formula 1 driver lineup look like once the season rolls around? Which drivers will be driving for which teams? With still nine of the 2019 season’s 21 races remaining on the schedule and a whole offseason to get through before the 2020 season opener, it may be quite a while before we know all of the answers to these questions.

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