维斯塔潘续约红牛后F1车手市场的下一步走向
马克斯·维斯塔潘与红牛续约至2030年底，这几乎排除了2026年F1前四强车队明年阵容的重大变动，但车手市场仍有一些悬而未决的问题待解决。
随着马克斯·维斯塔潘重新承诺留在红牛直至2030年底，F1车手市场的一大块拼图已经落定。
这几乎排除了明年F1 2026四大车队之间发生重大变动的可能性，但仍有一些耐人寻味的车手市场问题悬而未决。
既然维斯塔潘已决定不进行爆炸性的离开，以下是现在需要解决的主要遗留问题。
红牛的内部选择现在变得更加复杂
既然维斯塔潘（Verstappen）在‘27赛季的位置已经确定，红牛就可以把注意力转向其车队中另外三个席位。伊萨克·哈贾尔（哈贾尔）有望留任，但他的伤病加上利亚姆·劳森（劳森）的替补出场，两者的结合可能会改变这一局面。
不过，小红牛的车手阵容更有可能发生变化。尼古拉·索洛夫（Nikola Tsolov）在二级方程式（Formula 2）中领跑积分榜的表现意味着他正接近被提拔，成为红牛的下一个候补人选，而这可能会带来一个问题。
红牛希望在阿维德·林德布拉德（Arvid Lindblad）强劲的新秀赛季之后将其留在F1，但劳森在另一辆小红牛赛车中的表现表明，他正在做车队需要他做的全部工作。
这意味着，在决定其B队2027年阵容时，红牛很可能必须决定：是想要加速索洛夫的成长，还是继续坚持今年一直表现出色的车手组合。——Edd Straw
阿隆索把自己面临的重大决定推迟了。
费尔南多·阿隆索曾一度看似是车手市场上关键人物之一。
如果他决定这将是自己参赛的最后一个赛季，那么即便阿斯顿·马丁正在经历艰难的2026赛季，2027年也可能会留下一个潜在的有趣席位。
不过，尽管阿隆索在夏休期之前曾公开表示会利用八月来决定自己是否继续参赛，但他度假归来后却把这个问题往后拖了拖。
他说，他脑子里仍需要理清一些事情——好胜心是否还在、是否足以支撑他继续下去——尽管他表示，毫无疑问他肯定会在某个地方继续参赛，无论是F1、达喀尔还是印第500。
但他还耐人寻味地暗示，新合同的推进将取决于车队老板Lawrence Stroll和车队领队Adrian Newey的想法——而他在假期期间一直没有机会见到他们。
要与其中任何一人交谈，只有在F1比赛现场或他下次造访银石工厂时才有机会。
“和Lawrence以及Adrian坐下来谈，如果车队需要我继续开车，我会考虑的，”他说。
“如果我能在另一个位置上更有价值，我会很高兴，我会考虑，而且我也会感到开心。”
一方面，阿隆索的言论暗示存在一些不确定性——无论是对他自己还是对车队来说，接下来会发生什么都还不明朗。
但现实情况更可能是，需要厘清的主要悬念其实是阿斯顿·马丁在2027年能有多强的竞争力。
如果下个赛季的开局和今年一样，你很容易想象阿隆索会认为自己可以不必再全身心投入、再去参加比赛。
但如果本田本周末的升级展现出此前在测功机和匈牙利拍摄日所预示的潜力，并且阿斯顿·马丁能够从其B规格底盘上释放出进一步的改进，那么预计推动这份协议达成的热情会更多一些。
等到阿隆索能够与老斯托尔好好面谈时——最有可能是在银石工厂——赞德沃特站应该已经尘埃落定，阿斯顿·马丁的潜力图景也会更加清晰。
此外，达成协议也没有太大的紧迫性，因为近几个月与这个席位联系在一起的其他潜在大牌车手——如维斯塔潘和塞恩斯——都已在别处确定了自己的未来。
最终，事态的走向指向阿隆索将再次续约。——Jon Noble
阿尔派车队的执行顾问弗拉维奥·布里亚托利几个月前曾半开玩笑地表示，在他弄清楚梅赛德斯将如何处理乔治·拉塞尔和安东内利之前，他不会对皮埃尔·加斯利2027年的队友人选做出决定。
一旦这家德国制造商内部出现爆炸性的矛盾，就有机会趁虚而入、抢下银箭车队的这两位车手——这样的机会实在太诱人，不容错过，尽管其可能性非常渺茫。
但现在这扇门基本上已经关上了，这意味着现任车手科拉平托越来越有可能获得合同续约，只要他继续保持目前的表现。
这位阿根廷车手去年在阿尔派的开局并不稳定，他难以达到外界寄予他的高期望，并在早期经历了不少挫折。
但2025年年底更强劲的表现，以及这股势头延续到了今年，都表明他正在做一切需要做的事情来保住自己的席位。
但基于阿尔派目前在车队的实力排序中所处的位置，以及当下理顺赛车和车队基础设施是首要任务，Colapinto的进步符合他保住席位所需要的水平。
Briatore最近告诉The 比赛，Colapinto“从去年到今年进步了100%”，但他希望看到这种进步继续下去。
所以，如果Colapinto能像现在这样继续下去，完全有理由相信那份合同最终会敲定。
不过，他可能还得再等一段时间才能让事情尘埃落定——因为Briatore最喜欢的就是让他的车手保持饥饿感。- JN
Sharks正在盯上Ocon的哈斯席位
奥康在哈斯的合同中拥有2026年的选择权，但一段时间以来，他一直在朝着出口的方向漂移，手上有多个潜在的备选选项。
不过，他仍然在考虑范围之内，尤其是在8月休赛前表现有所提升之后。
问题在于哈斯车队还有很多其他选择，车队正在耐心地决定谁应该成为奥利·比尔曼的队友，比尔曼拥有2027年的选择权。
双方已达成协议，如果哈斯愿意，可以从迈凯伦租借F2锦标赛领跑者莱昂纳多·福尔纳罗利，今年早些时候他在赫雷斯测试2025款哈斯赛车时给人留下了积极的印象。
目前F2领先者拉斐尔·卡马拉也将很快驾驶这款‘25赛车，他也在人选之中。与他有合约的法拉利正在推动卡马拉获得这个席位。
然而，需要注意的是，法拉利对这个席位并没有直接的控制权。
英文原文
A big piece of the Formula 1 driver market has fallen into place with Max Verstappen's recommitment to Red Bull until the end of 2030.
It's all but ruled out any major changes among F1 2026's top four teams for next year, but there are still some interesting lingering driver market questions.
Here are the major outstanding issues to resolve now that Verstappen's decided not to make a bombshell departure.
Red Bull’s in-house choice is now more complex
Now that Verstappen’s place is certain for ‘27, Red Bull can turn its attention to the other three seats in its stable. Isack Hadjar is on course to remain, but there is the possibility that the combination of his injury and Liam Lawson’s stand-in outing(s) could change that.
However, the Racing Bulls line-up is more likely to change. Nikola Tsolov’s championship-leading performances in Formula 2 mean he’s closing on promotion as Red Bull’s next cab off the rank, which could create a problem.
Red Bull will want to keep Arvid Lindblad in F1 after his strong rookie season, but Lawson’s performances in the other Racing Bulls car means he’s doing exactly the job the team needs him to.
This means that, when it comes to deciding on its B-team’s 2027 line-up, Red Bull will likely have to decide if it wants to accelerate the progress of Tsolov, or stick with a driver line-up that has served it well this year. - Edd Straw
Alonso has deferred his own big decision
Fernando Alonso had appeared at one point to be one of the key players in the driver market.
If he'd decided this was going to be his last season competing, then it could have left – even though Aston Martin is having a difficult 2026 season – a potentially interesting seat open for 2027.
But despite having spoken openly before the summer break of using August to make a call on whether or not he wanted to continue, Alonso has returned from his holidays kicking the can down the road a little bit.
He said he still needed things to be sorted in his own head about whether the competitive drive was still there for him to carry on – even though he says there is no doubt he will be competing somewhere, whether that is F1, Dakar or the Indy 500.
But he also intriguingly suggested that any movement on getting his fresh contract sorted would rest on what team owner Lawrence Stroll and team boss Adrian Newey wanted – and he had not had the chance to see them over the break.
An opportunity for a chat with either would only come at an F1 race or during his next visit to the Silverstone factory.
“Sitting with Lawrence and Adrian, if the need for the team is for me to drive, I will consider,” he said.
“I will be happy if I can be more valuable in another position, I will consider and I will be happy as well.”
On one hand Alonso’s comments suggest that there is some uncertainty – from both himself and the team about what goes on next.
But the reality is probably more that the main ambiguity that needs clearing up is how competitive Aston Martin can be in 2027.
If next season starts like this year did, you could easily see Alonso thinking that he could do without the commitment of going all in and racing again.
But if Honda’s upgrade this weekend shows the promise that has been teased from the dynos and the Hungary filming day, and Aston Martin can unleash further improvements from its B-spec chassis, then expect a tad more enthusiasm to get that deal over the line.
By the time Alonso gets to see Stroll Sr properly, most likely at the Silverstone factory, Zandvoort will be in the bag and the picture of Aston Martin’s potential will be clearer.
And there is also no huge rush to get a deal over the line as other potential big-name candidates – like Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz – linked with the seat over recent months have all locked themselves down elsewhere.
In the end, the direction of travel points towards another contract extension for Alonso. - Jon Noble
Alpine executive advisor Flavio Briatore had cheekily suggested a few months ago that he would hold fire on making a call on who Pierre Gasly’s team-mate in 2027 would be until he knew what Mercedes was doing with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli.
The opportunity to exploit any explosive fall out at the German manufacturer and grab on the Silver Arrows pair was too good a one to miss - even if it was very remote.
But with that door pretty much shut now, it means incumbent Franco Colapinto is increasingly likely to get a contract extension so long as he continues doing what he's doing right now.
The Argentine had a shaky start to life at Alpine last year, as he struggled to meet the high expectations placed on his shoulders and endured his fair share of frustrations early on.
But a stronger end to 2025, and with momentum having carried through into this year, has pointed to him doing everything he needs to stay.
But based on where Alpine is in the pecking order, and that sorting out its car and team infrastructure right now is the main priority, Colapinto’s progress is in line with what is needed for him to keep his seat.
Briatore told The Race recently that Colapinto was “from last year to this year, improving 100%,” but wanted to see that development continue.
So if Colapinto keeps going like now, there is every reason to believe that deal will get across the line.
He may just have to wait a little bit for things to be settled though - as Briatore likes nothing more than keeping his drivers hungry. - JN
Sharks are circling for Ocon's Haas seat
Esteban Ocon has an option in his Haas contract for 2026, but for some time he’s been drifting towards the exit door with multiple potential alternatives.
However, he’s still in the mix, especially after an improved performance before the August break.
The trouble is that there are many other options for Haas, which is taking a patient approach to deciding who should be team-mate to Ollie Bearman, who is under option for 2027.
An agreement exists to take Formula 2 championship leader Leonardo Fornaroli on loan from McLaren should Haas want to, and he made a positive impression when testing a 2025 Haas at Jerez earlier this year.
Current F2 frontrunner Rafael Camara will also drive the ‘25 car soon and is also in the mix. Ferrari, which has him under contract, is pushing for Camara to get the place.
However, it’s important to note that Ferrari has no direct control over the seat.
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