First F1 ‘silly season’ prediction arrives after Alonso news

Ex-Formula 1 driver Marcus Ericsson suggested some very interesting moves in his ‘silly season’ predictions following the Fernando Alonso news.

Sebastian Vettel got the ball rolling again in the 2023 driver market at the 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix, after announcing that he will call time on his Formula 1 career at the end of the season.

It did not take Aston Martin long to name Vettel’s future replacement, confirming Fernando Alonso would make the shock move from Alpine on a multi-year deal.

This of course means that Alpine now have a vacancy to fill, so ‘silly season’ in the driver market really has begun.

So, how many more drivers will be on the move for 2023? Well, Ericsson, an ex-Caterham and Sauber driver with 97 Formula 1 starts to his name (and not to forget Indy 500 Champion!), took to social media to deliver his predictions.

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Among some of the most eye-catching were Mick Schumacher to AlphaTauri, which would mean a swap from the Ferrari Driver Academy to the Red Bull programme, with Daniel Ricciardo to then replace Schumacher at Haas.

After Alonso’s “middle finger to Alpine switch” this is how the rest of @F1 silly season will play out:

Alpine Ocon-Gasly

AlphaT Schumacher-Tsunoda

Mclaren Norris-Piastri

AlfaR Bottas-Zhou

Haas Mag-Ricciardo

Williams Albon-De Vries

It’s called Silly season for a reason

— Marcus Ericsson (@Ericsson_Marcus) August 1, 2022

In his post, Ericsson wrote: “After Alonso’s ‘middle finger to Alpine’ switch, this is how the rest of the F1 silly season will play out:

Alpine – Ocon-Gasly

AlphaTauri -Schumacher-Tsunoda

McLar