He’s previously hinted he can see himself spending his entire F1 career at McLaren, even though he’s still only 22.ĭaniel Ricciardo described his McLaren deal as a three-year arrangement last season. While starring in early 2021, Lando Norris agreed a long-term deal that kept him at McLaren through 2024, and then he added a further extension to it early this year to cover 2025 too. MCLARENĭaniel Ricciardo: contracted to end of 2023 Ironically the deal that keeps Sainz on board through 2024 was finalised in the middle of his first big struggle at Ferrari. Thankfully for him, Ferrari is back at the front with three seasons of that contract still to run.Ĭarlos Sainz was signed from McLaren on a two-year arrangement initially but both parties were keen to extend it by the end of year one together. FERRARIĬharles Leclerc: contracted to end of 2024Ĭurrent championship leader Charles Leclerc committed his long-term future to Ferrari just before Christmas 2019 – then endured two uncompetitive years to begin that deal. He earned a one-year extension to his initial toe-in-the-water 2021 deal last year, and may yet prove to be just a stopgap until the next rising Red Bull protege is deemed ready. Team-mate Sergio Perez’s situation is far less certain. World champion Max Verstappen was rewarded for his title with what’s believed to be a substantial pay rise and he rewarded Red Bull for its support by committing to the longest deal on the grid – keeping him on board almost to the end of the decade and meaning he’ll do at least 12 full seasons with Red Bull Racing if both sides honour the deal. Max Verstappen: contracted to end of 2028 ![]() ![]() His new team-mate George Russell was signed on what was billed as a “long-term” deal, and which currently runs to the end of next year. ![]() In the end, he stayed on with Mercedes and in F1, and there’s no sign yet that Mercedes’ poor start to 2022 will jeopardise that commitment – meaning it’ll be next year before the topic of Hamilton’s retirement gathers momentum again. Agreeing a new deal through to the end of 2023 last summer should’ve stopped that for a while, but then the events of Abu Dhabi 2021 raised the most fervent Hamilton F1 future speculation yet.
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