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Lewis Hamilton doubts there will be a crazy driver market for 2021
Lewis Hamilton does not expect the driver market for 2021 to be a crazy one, despite all the rumours surrounding his and Sebastian Vettel's futures at Mercedes and Ferrari respectively. There were only two changes on the grid between 2019 and 2020 and the Brit expects a similarly quiet market once again.
Hamilton has been linked to Ferrari recently, with Vettel rumoured to be on the way out of the Italian team, but Hamilton says he has no idea what is going on with Vettel.
Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen have both signed long term deals with Ferrari and Red Bull, so Hamilton thinks the grid will remain relatively the same.
He said at the W11 launch on Sky Sports: “In the top teams there isn’t going to be a lot of movement, most likely.
“In the ones cascading down I’m not too sure what everyone’s contracts are – but I don’t think there’s going to be a huge amount of movement.
“I think just get used to what’s similar at the moment. I don’t know what Seb’s [Vettel] plan is for the future.”