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Just how long is each current Formula 1 driver's contract and when will they expire?
It's a key detail to any F1 silly season, so here - from our understanding of what can often be a very private process - is the current expiry date of each 2024 F1 driver's contract.
It's important to note there may be options for further years beyond the below expiry dates.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen - 2028
Sergio Perez - 2026*
In May 2022 Verstappen signed a bumper new deal to remain with Red Bull until 2028.
Since then he's become a three-time F1 champion and claimed just about every F1 record going, but he has repeatedly hinted he might not stick around beyond the end of his current deal.
Red Bull has retained Verstappen's current team-mate Sergio Perez, announcing he had signed a two-year contract extension in early June despite a dip in his form in the races beforehand.
But Perez's future beyond 2024 is far from secure with Liam Lawson in contention to replace him for 2025.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton - 2024*
George Russell - 2025
Both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell signed new two-year deals in 2023 that were intended to keep them at Mercedes until at least the end of 2025.
But Hamilton's deal was not an iron-clad two years, as it emerged the second year was an option on his side. Hamilton ultimately activated a release clause, and will make a remarkable switch to Ferrari for 2025.
His replacement Kimi Antonelli has only been announced for 2025 at present but has been on a Mercedes contract since before he even came into car racing, so it is likely to have long-term options.
Ferrari
Charles Leclerc - "Several more seasons"
Carlos Sainz - 2024
Both Ferrari drivers' contracts were due to expire at the end of 2024 but a Leclerc extension was announced covering "several more seasons".
Leclerc had reportedly signed a new five-year deal that would keep him at Ferrari until at least the end of 2029 but the January announcement only specified "several" years.
An extension will not follow for Sainz with Ferrari having signed Hamilton for 2025.
That made Sainz the key driver market player for five months before he settled on a two-year Williams deal.
McLaren
Lando Norris - 2026*
Oscar Piastri - 2026
Like Verstappen, Lando Norris committed long-term in the early part of 2022 with a bumper deal that would keep him at McLaren until at least the end of 2025.
He did have talks with Red Bull before opting to continue with McLaren.
In January 2024 he's re-committed with another "long-term" deal that will definitely keep him at McLaren until the end of 2026, and the actual expiry may well be beyond that date.
Star 2023 rookie Oscar Piastri's original McLaren contract was upgraded to a four-year deal thanks to the impressive start he made to life in F1, meaning McLaren will keep its Norris-Piastri line-up for at least another three years.
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso - 2026
Lance Stroll - 2026
Alonso's bombshell switch from Alpine to Aston Martin, announced in 2022, involved a contract that would keep him at the team until at least the end of 2024.
He extended this deal to cover not just 2025 but 2026, the first year of F1's next regulations cycle and the first year of Aston's impending engine partnership with Honda.
Stroll has also signed a new deal this year - ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix in June - to race through the 2026 season with Alonso.
Alpine
Esteban Ocon - 2024
Pierre Gasly - "multi-year"
Alpine secured a big win when it managed t0 extend Pierre Gasly's contract in June, just before the Austrian Grand Prix. It should keep him at the team at least beyond 2025.
It's been a tough start to the year for the team so securing Gasly was likely a top priority.
The other side of the garage is another story as it prepares for significant change.
Back in 2021, Esteban Ocon signed a three-year deal with the Renault works team that had granted him his return to F1 after he spent 2019 on the sidelines.
But he and Alpine will part ways at the end of the 2024 season - with that announcement coming a little more than a week on from an on-track clash with team-mate and compatriot Pierre Gasly.
Ocon has secured a new home at Haas, while his place at Alpine will be taken by Jack Doohan - who has been announced for the 2025 season only.
Williams
Alex Albon - 2026+
Franco Colapinto - 2024*
Williams picked Albon up for 2022 after he spent the previous year on the sidelines as Red Bull reserve, then tied him down to a multi-year deal until the end of 2025. It then extended that with a "multi-year" deal that will at least keep him at Williams into the new 2026 era.
Logan Sargeant was granted a second year in F1 shortly after the conclusion of his rookie season but always looked a long shot to get another chance beyond that. He has not only lost his seat to Sainz for 2025 but has been replaced for the final part of the 2024 season by rookie Franco Colapinto - who knows he is only in the car to the end of the year but is part of Williams's young driver programme so is likely to continue under the team's wing in some way beyond this race stint, unless he can secure a race seat elsewhere.
RB
Liam Lawson - 2024
Yuki Tsunoda - 2025
Red Bull's second F1 team has a new name for 2024 but its driver line-up remained unchanged.
Yuki Tsunoda has been confirmed into a fifth season in 2025 while the identity of his team-mate is yet to be announced. That's because Lawson is chasing promotion to the senior Red Bull Racing team. Should he depart RB, Colapinto or Isack Hadjar could replace him next year.
Sauber
Valtteri Bottas - 2024
Guanyu Zhou - 2024
Valtteri Bottas landed at Alfa Romeo-branded Sauber after losing his Mercedes drive to Russell with a multi-year deal that lasts until the end of 2024.
Zhou Guanyu's original deal expired last year and he received a new one-year deal in 2023 that will extend his stay at the Swiss-based outfit.
But neither will continue for 2025 with Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg replacing them.
Haas
Kevin Magnussen - 2024
Nico Hulkenberg - 2024
Hulkenberg returned to full-time F1 action after three years on the sidelines (via some stand-in appearances) on a two-year deal that will expire at the end of 2024 - after which he will leave to join Sauber, having been announced as the soon-to-be Audi project's first driver.
Haas has since announced Kevin Magnussen will not be retained for 2025, with the 2024 season therefore marking his seventh and final year with the team.
Ferrari F1 protege Ollie Bearman was the team's first driver confirmed for 2025, with outgoing Alpine driver Ocon joining him.
