2024 transfer/silly season predictions

[white merlin]

I predict that Perez will retire after the 2024 season

My predicted lineup for 2025 is:

Red Bull: Verstappen & Ricciardo
Mercedes: Russell & Alonso
Ferrari: Hamilton & Leclerc
Mclaren: Piastri & Norris
Alpine: Gasly & Schumacher
Aston: Stroll & Tsunoda
Stake: Zhou & Bottas
VCARB: Sainz & Lawson
Williams: Albon & Antonelli
HAAS: Hulkenberg & Magnussen

[true spruce]

Red Bull: Verstappen & Sainz
Mercedes: Russell & Alonso
Ferrari: Hamilton & Leclerc
Mclaren: Piastri & Norris
Alpine: Gasly & Ocon
Aston: Stroll & Tsunoda
Stake: Zhou & Bottas
VCARB: Schumacher & Lawson
Williams: Albon & Antonelli
HAAS: Bearman & Magnussen

[tight void]

RB: VER, PER
FER: LEC, HAM
AST: ALO, STR
MER: RUS, OCO
VCARB: TSU, LAW
ALP: POU, GAS
WIL: ALB, ANT
HAA: BEA, HUL
STA: BOT, ZHO
MCL: NOR, PIA

[lament sorrel]

Huuuuh

Riccardo in rb 😬

Hell be lucky if Lawson doesn’t replace him

[white merlin]

The thing is though
If Lawson replaces Ricciardo then who takes Perez's seat?

[lament sorrel]

No one Perez stays rb for another year I believe

[white merlin]

Well my prediction is that Perez retires after 2024

[cerulean gust]

ocon 💀💀💀

[reef cairn]

: VER-PER
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: RUS-SAI
: ALO-STR
: TSU-LAW
: HUL-BEA
: ALB-POU
: ANT-VES
: GAS-DOO

[true spruce]

carlos

kimi antonelli to mercedes

[grand sun]

: VER-SAI
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: RUS-ANT
: ALO-PER
: TSU-RIC
: HUL-BEA
: BOT-POU
: ALB-SAR
: GAS-DOO

[white merlin]

Sainz to Red Bull is an interesting prediction

[grand sun]

If Andrea doesn’t go to Mercedes, Logan Sargeant’s career is over. I think Andrea has a great shot

[cerulean gust]

where ocon

[grand sun]

He oui oui baguette’d out of here

[cerulean gust]

understandable thank you

[grand sun]

Well this is invalid

[grand sun]

Updated
: VER-RIC
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: RUS-ANT
: ALO-PER
: TSU-LAW
: BOT-BEA
: HUL-SAI
: ALB-SAR
: GAS-DOO

[white merlin]

Updated after the Hulkenberg to Sauber news
: VER-LAW
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: OCO-RUS
: ALO-TSU
: Uwasa-SAI
: BEA-MAG
: HUL-BOT
: ALB-Antonelli
: GAS-ZHO

[grand sun]

Questionable

[reef cairn]

: VER-PER
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: RUS-SAI
: ALO-STR
: HAD-LAW
: BEA-MAG
: HUL-TSU
: ALB-ANT
: GAS-DOO

[white merlin]

I honestly don't know anymore
There's too many moves going on so I don't know who's going to be where

[cobalt hatch]

VER/PER
LEC/HAM
NOR/PIA
RUS/SAI
ALO/STR
TSU/LAW
MAG/BEA
HUL/MAL (I really can see this if he continues his form in F2)
ALB/ANT
GAS/OCO

[round cypress]

Ricciardo

[mellow lodge]

VER-PER
LEC-HAM
NOR-PIA
RUS-OCO
ALO-SAI
TSU-LAW
MAG-BEA
HUL-MAL
ALB-ANT
GAS-DOO

(let me be delusional)

[white merlin]

This was the old one, I updated it

[cerulean gust]

VER SAI
LEC HAM
NOR PIA
RUS ANT
ALO STR
TSU LAW
MAG ZHO
HUL BOT
ALB GAS
OCO PER

trust guys trust

ricciardo to indycar

[grand sun]

Yet you have Magnussen retained in Haas-

[cerulean gust]

oh god damn it

i’m a little slow sorry

[white merlin]

Gonna update this again
: VER-SAI
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: RUS-Antonelli
: ALO-TSU
: Uwasa-LAW
: MAG-BEA
: HUL-BOT
: ALB-Vesti
: GAS-OCO
Zhou is my current favorite driver but I just don't think Sauber will keep him over Bottas with Hulkenberg coming in

[cerulean gust]

VER PER
LEC HAM
NOR PIA
RUS ANT
ALO STR
RICC LAW
MAG ZHO
HUL TSU
ALB GAS
OCO DOO

changed it again lol

[jaunty echo]

Updated bc of hulk and albon
VER 🔒 PER
LEC 🔒 HAM 🔒
RUS 🔒 SAI
PIA 🔒 NOR 🔒
ALO 🔒 TSU
OCO DOO
HUL 🔒 MAL
ALB 🔒 ANT
GAS BEA
RIC LAW

[cerulean gust]

what do you guys think are the possibilities of another team taking stroll after he gets dropped

[grand sun]

0

Unless Lawrence Stroll in his infinite wisdom buys that team too

[cerulean gust]

big brain move from daddy stroll

[grand sun]

Well, Danny Ricciardo’s career is over. And I really hate to say that.

: VER-PER
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: RUS-ANT
: ALO-STR
: TSU-LAW
: BOT-BEA
: HUL-SAI
: ALB-SAR
: GAS-DOO

[cerulean gust]

there is literally a zero percent chance that sargeant stays in f1

[flat galleon]

Wrong

[cerulean gust]

I SENT THE WRONG ALPINE DRIVER TO WILLIAMS

[flat galleon]

Off

[flat galleon]

Wrong but close

[cerulean gust]

shoutout to them being right

[flat galleon]

He’s wrong too

[cerulean gust]

imma make some new predictions

[flat galleon]

Perez is at rb

It’s confirmed

[cerulean gust]

that i am 100% confident in

no when he said ocon oui oui baguetted his way oht

that was correct

[flat galleon]

Oh

Some way off ones tho

[grand sun]

💀 hey I take no caution

[cerulean gust]

RBR- VER PER
FER- LEC HAM
MCL- PIA NOR
MER- RUS ANT
AMR- ALO STR
VCB- LAW RIC
HAS- BEA OCO
SAU- HUL BOT
WIL- SAI ALB
ALP- TSU GAS

[cerulean gust]

you were good i gotta give it to u

[flat galleon]

Ant?

[grand sun]

Andrea Kimi Antonelli

[flat galleon]

Don’t think he’ll get a seat

IMO

[grand sun]

Tsunoda wouldn’t join Alpine if he’s more linked to stick with Honda, they have a really good relationship. I think at some point this decade he’ll join Aston Martin

[cerulean gust]

there’s no current seat where he could stick to honda besides rb which i’m pretty certain he won’t stay at

[white merlin]

Updated after the Perez extension
: VER-PER
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: RUS-Antonelli
: ALO-TSU
: LAW-Iwasa
: HUL-BOT
: BEA-MAG
: ALB-SAI
: GAS-ZHO

[flat galleon]

antonelli isnt getting a seat yet

[cerulean gust]

who else would go to mercedes

[grand sun]

It’s Iwasa not Uwasa

Just use the three letter abbreviations

[deft stratus]

Verstappen-Perez
Leclerc-Hamilton
Russell-Antonelli
Norris-Piastri
Alonso-Stroll
Albon-Bottas
Tsunoda-Lawson
Zhou-Bearman
Gasly-Magnussen
Hulkenberg-Sainz

[grand sun]

That is bold

[white merlin]

Updated after the Yuki extension
: VER-PER
: LEC-HAM
: RUS-Antonelli
: NOR-PIA
: ALO-STR
: TSU-RIC
: HUL-BOT
: BEA-MAG
: ALB-SAI
: GAS-ZHO

[flat galleon]

The tp for rb already said Ricardo is starting

Staying

[white merlin]

Wow
Red Bull's questionable decisions strike again

[cerulean gust]

fair but i can’t see zhou over ocon

[flat galleon]

They only did it cause Perez gets good merchandise sales

So there getting more profit off him

If they did with yuki it’d go down

[white merlin]

I was referring to Ricciardo but ok

[flat galleon]

Oh

I thought you meant Perez

Getting out in q1

[grand sun]

Checking in.

Sainz could possibly have an announcement this weekend, although that’s just a rumor.

Ricciardo might stay on for marketable reasons.

[ebon lion]

Pouchaire

[grand sun]

Ain’t no way you said DOOHAN’S not ready

He absolutely is

Just look at his driving skills in F2, especially the rain

Doohan is the future of Formula One

[leaden jay]

: VER-PER
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: RUS-SCH
: ALO-STR
: TSU-RIC
: BEA-ZHO
: GAS-DOO
: ALB-SAI
: HUL-MAG

[signal lynx]

Stroll dies aston martin becomes lettuce f1 team alonso uses a time machine and becomes young again then hamilton tries to do the same but when he goes to the past alonso destroys the machine so hamilton is stuck there then instead of hamilton the alonso from the past goes to ferrari then perez signs with luxembourg f928 then ricciardo goes to redbull and lawson replaces ricciardo at vcarb then messi becomes a f1 driver to replace stroll then magnussen becomes a bomb and explodes america so the haas team is no more so real madrid becomes a f1 team and magnussen will race there with bearman at stake bottas's ass becomes so big that it consumes hülkenberg and becomes its own persom and replacing ocon is lighting mcqueen and mercedes gets sainz and sargeant becomes eagleant

so the lineups are

VER RIC
LEC ALO (past)
RUS SAI
NOR PIA
Lettuce ALO MES
TSO LAW
real madrid MAG BEA
GAS MCQUEEN
ALB EAG
BOT BOT'S ASS

[pseudo saddle]

real amdrid is wild

[signal lynx]

its realistic

[white merlin]

Kinda late on this but updated after the news of Magnussen leaving HAAS
: VER-RIC
: LEC-HAM
: RUS-ANT
: NOR-PIA
: ALO-STR
: TSU-LAW
: HUL-BOT
: BEA-OCO
: ALB-SAI
: GAS-ZHO
I'm honestly thinking Magnussen might retire

[grand sun]

My prediction is still standing

[pseudo saddle]

more like perz's career is over, riccardo to RBR 🔥

[grand sun]

The only place I want to be wrong

Ykw

: VER-RIC
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: RUS-ANT
: ALO-STR
: TSU-LAW
: BOT-BEA
: HUL-SAI
: ALB-SAR
: GAS-DOO

[pseudo saddle]

peak

[flat galleon]

Prob most accurate

Sainz could go to rb

[pseudo saddle]

unlikely

[grand sun]

SCREW me.

Ok so even though I lost I'm still gonna play along with how many I get right

[grand sun]

Starting from here, my original predictions

God they are not going well

Just for fun:

: VER-RIC
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: RUS-ANT
: ALO-STR
: TSU-LAW
: OCO-BEA
: HUL-SAI
: ALB-BOT
: GAS-DOO

[white merlin]

I'll stay with these predictions since Ocon to HAAS has been confirmed

[reef cairn]

VER - RIC
LEC - HAM
RUS - ANT
NOR - PIA
ALO - STR
TSU - LAW
HUL - POU
OCO - BEA
ALB - SAI
GAS - DOO

[grand sun]

God fucking dammit Carlos

[grand sun]

I am now down by 4 drivers

So now its gonna be:

: VER-RIC
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: RUS-ANT
: ALO-STR
: TSU-LAW
: OCO-BEA
: HUL-POU (But BOT could still save it)
: ALB-SAI
: GAS-DOO

[grand sun]

Actually scratch this

So now its gonna be:

: VER-RIC
: LEC-HAM
: NOR-PIA
: RUS-BOT
: ALO-STR
: TSU-LAW
: OCO-BEA
: HUL-POU
: ALB-SAI
: GAS-DOO

[white merlin]

Still staying with it

[pseudo saddle]

@grand sun theyre renewing checo for the rest of this year 💀

[flat galleon]

He was already renweed

they just said he wasnt leaving

[grand sun]

Source?

[grand sun]

@flat galleon where’d you hear this

[flat galleon]

On twitter and multiple sources

And they kept saying

“Their fed up” and checo said “he wants to focus to end season strong”

[grand sun]

Twitter has LOTS of aggregators (fan accounts that are verified and report news on their favorite team)

[grand sun]

CHECO is saying he's fed up

And even official F1 produced media is still speculating

[flat galleon]

No Horner

Told you Perez is staying with Perez

@grand sun

[grand sun]

Thats an aggregator account, and Perez took that interview once the race ended

[flat galleon]

Yeah why does the interview race or post race matter?

And it’s relaying the same info

[pseudo saddle]

dont have it on mr, but its all over r/f1

[full haven]

I made this in April...

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/818812781871890453/1228655679603216394/my-image_1.png?ex=66a96b85&is=66a81a05&hm=e8036532e7df9b84b2d4ce22c278dc9b3d8288a921a414b48bf7757498c7f572&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=848&height=903

So far... only 2 correct.

SAR Retire
BEA Haas

Going forward....

will get Doohan 🇦🇺
gets Antonelli 🇮🇹
gets....

I am thinking Perez.

[pseudo saddle]

im thinking audi gets bottass

[pseudo saddle]

sooo

riccardo to RBR plan is still on

[flat galleon]

If he ends the season on a strong note

Realistically the only teams open are
Sauber
Mercedes
Alpine

[grand sun]

Which could lead to three new rookies: Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Jack Doohan, and Théo Pourchaire.

[flat galleon]

Bottas could retain his seat

Unless they go with a promising rookie

[full haven]

Theo deserves that seat

[flat galleon]

havent seen him race

crazy how there could be 4 new rookies

[full haven]

Crazy that there weren't any rookies this year

[flat galleon]

Think teams were confident with there team and didn’t see a rookie

Or didn’t want another Logan

[marble fossil]

Could Verstapen go to Merc now that red bull are slower and he's not happy with them as well as the fact that merc are widely rumoured to have the best engine for 2026?

[pseudo saddle]

maybe but probably unlikely

[jaunty echo]

i can see it, surely hes gotta see the writing on the wall about all of their staff leaving, There must be a reason why everyones leaving behind the scenes. I think Mercedes could definitely end up second in the contructors championship, along with the jos verstappen vs horner fiasco, I think its a 50 50 chance of happening

[white merlin]

Update:
: VER-RIC
: LEC-HAM
: RUS-ANT
: NOR-PIA
: ALO-STR
: TSU-LAW
: HUL-VET?
: BEA-OCO
: ALB-SAI
: GAS-DOO

[pseudo saddle]

vettel is not cominig back 💀

it has to be bottass

[white merlin]

That's the only German driver I can think of
Audi has said they only want German drivers and there's absolutely no way it's gonna be Schumacher

[grand sun]

Actually Schumacher is the more likely German option

He wants to get back into F1

And since Alpine is closed off, Kick Sauber is the best option

[prime spade]

counterpoint

https://tenor.com/view/formula1-haas-mick-schumacher-crash-will-smith-gif-25248263

(ignore will smith)

[grand sun]

2 counterpoints:

1. 2021 was insignificant to Haas, so Mick only had one actual year
2. Haas gave him the axe without letting him develop

[prime spade]

counterpoint v2(i do wanna see him in f1, i just dont think its gonna be with audi)

[grand sun]

That’s only 4 times he’s had costly incidents

[prime spade]

Actually yeah

I thought it was more

[white merlin]

Update:
: VER-RIC
: LEC-HAM
: RUS-ANT
: NOR-PIA
: ALO-STR
: TSU-LAW
: HUL-BOT
: BEA-OCO
: ALB-SAI
: GAS-DOO