The summer break has arrived in Formula 1, with the traditional ‘silly season’ around driver moves set to kick into gear as the year progresses.

The majority of the grid has its drivers contracted into the 2026 season already, but there are still some seats next season that are yet to be filled at time of writing. Let’s take a look.

Five silly season storylines for F1 to complete

Mercedes to finalise its driver line-up

This is likely to be a case of crossing the t’s and dotting the i’s, with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli highly likely to remain as Mercedes’ driver line-up next season.

Max Verstappen confirmed ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix he would remain a Red Bull driver next year, and Toto Wolff moved to assure that George Russell is “definitely staying” at Mercedes.

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