In the two months since news broke that Hamilton will leave Mercedes after 12 seasons to join Ferrari next year, the instability engulfing Red Bull F1 management has placed Max Verstappen and Silver Arrows protégé Andrea Kimi Antonelli at the top of the shortlist to replace the Briton.
The other leading candidates to partner George Russell are Fernando Alonso, who has so far refrained from committing his future to Aston Martin, and ousted Ferrari racer Carlos Sainz.
