That would leave just four seats to be confirmed for the 2026 F1 season<\/a>.<\/p>\n Alpine<\/a> have signed up Pierre Gasly for next season, despite the team\u2019s underperformance throughout the current campaign.<\/p>\n TEAMDRIVER 1DRIVER 2AlpinePierre GaslyN\/AAston MartinFernando AlonsoLance StrollAudiGabriel BortoletoNico HulkenbergCadillacValtteri BottasSergio PerezFerrariCharles LeclercLewis HamiltonHaasEsteban OconOliver BearmanMcLarenLando NorrisOscar PiastriMercedesN\/AN\/ARacing BullsN\/AN\/ARed Bull RacingMax VerstappenN\/AWilliamsAlex AlbonCarlos Sainz2026 confirmed F1 drivers<\/p>\n However, Franco Colapinto<\/a> is still waiting to discover his fate, although he produced his best result of the season at the Dutch Grand Prix<\/a>, narrowly missing out on scoring his first point.<\/p>\n The other three seats are all within the Red Bull<\/a> family, with Max Verstappen\u2019s teammate still undecided, and Racing Bulls<\/a> yet to confirm a driver.<\/p>\n Isack Hadjar is being hotly tipped for a Red Bull promotion<\/a> after achieving his first F1 podium at Zandvoort.<\/p>\n That leaves Yuki Tsunoda<\/a> and Liam Lawson<\/a> sweating over their futures, and the emergence of youngster Arvid Lindblad<\/a> is starting to complicate matters.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Who is Racing Bulls F1 driver Liam Lawson? Everything you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s been suggested that the \u2018most likely scenario\u2019 is for Tsunoda to return to Racing Bulls<\/a>, which would leave Lawson without a race seat if Helmut Marko pushes for Lindblad to make his F1 debut<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n Jacques Villeneuve described Lawson as being \u2018crushed\u2019<\/a> earlier in the season, and while his form has improved in recent months, Hadjar has been the more impressive Racing Bulls driver thus far.<\/p>\n A report from Motorsport Italia<\/a> has shared more details about the New Zealander\u2019s Formula 1 future.<\/p>\n Position Drivers’ Championship PointsPts 1 309 2 275 3 205 4 184 5 151 6 109 7 64 8 64 9 37 10 37 11 32 12 30 13 28 14 20 15 20 16 16 17 16 18 14 19 12 20 0 <\/p>\n They believe that both Tsunoda and Lawson\u2019s management teams are \u2018in a hurry\u2019 to discover what Helmut Marko<\/a> is going to decide for Red Bull\u2019s future driver line-ups.<\/p>\n This is because they both know that a seat is still available at Alpine, which represents their only chance of staying on the grid.<\/p>\n However, if they only discover in October what Red Bull\u2019s plans are, then it \u2018might be too late\u2019 to put their client forward to replace Colapinto.<\/p>\n![\"Racing](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2223834745-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli\/Getty ImagesLiam Lawson\u2019s management \u2018in a hurry\u2019 for answer from Red Bull to avoid missing out on Alpine opportunity<\/p>\n