Triggered by the retirement of Sebastian Vettel, a whirlwind whipped through the paddock as Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin switch kicked off a fight between Alpine and McLaren over Oscar Piastri that was only resolved by F1's Contracts Recognition Board on the Zandvoort weekend.
But just as F1's 2023 on-track action is not quite as exciting as last year, so too has grand prix racing's annual driver market silly season been quite muted this time around. The theme appears very much to be more of the same in F1 2024, with all the major seats appearing to be locked down until the end of next year.
