[Jody Barton]

Sergio Perez. That's what I heard two days ago, but laughed it off. I figured Seb would sign for another coue of years, and then bow out. Not massively shocked he quit though. My thoughts on Seb are well known, I think he's a very good driver, just not great. He was never on the level of Hamilton or Alonso for me, whereas the grid is starting to fill up with drivers with the potential to be on that sort of level. Like Morini I really rate Carlos Sainz, he was unlucky at RBR / TR because let's not forget, he proved quicker than Max over a single lap but got screwed a few times by the Safety Car. Max got the drive because the Helmut had a boner for him, still does. Carlos, Norris, Russell and Ocon are all young drivers who in my opinion have the chance to step up to the top level, like Vetstappen and Leclerc already have. My opinion is that Ferrari won't go for Max, he's bad mouthed them, Riccardo is an option, but I feel the team will go for a number two driver, an experienced one would be best, but Giovinazzi might get the nod. Ironically Hulkenberg would have been a good shout.