Nyck De Vries, Logan Sargeant, Lance Stroll: The Formula 1 drivers under the most pressure, and who could replace them

We have four races left until the 2023 Formula 1 mid-season break. The traditional summer period where teams take a short break and more importantly, take stock of how their seasons have gone so far. This is normally the time where any major decisions are made, particularly with regards to driving personnel, with most teams having already rolled out (at least) one upgrade to their cars.

Ad And it is not unusual to see driver changes happen at this point. Even though every team has scored points, there are certainly a few drivers who might be looking nervously over their shoulders if not for the summer, then certainly for the winter, let’s take a look at some of them and who might replace them. Stay to the end for a real wildcard.

Season 2023Hamilton and Verstappen tip 'impressive' De Vries for full-time F1 seat20/09/2022 AT 11:34 ‘We’re getting closer’ – Hamilton confident of ending long wait for GP victory ‘It doesn’t make sense’ — Norris questions Canada GP penalty The mid-season firings Nyck de Vries – AlphaTauri This is no surprise. After his stunning last-minute call-up performance with Williams in the 2022 season, De Vries was one of the hot names for last off-season’s driver cycle. He was given the chance at AlphaTauri next to rising Japanese star Yuki Tsunoda.

The idea was clearly for De Vries to either act as a mentor for one of the talented drivers in the Red Bull youth programme, namely Liam Lawson or Ayumu Iwasa if Tsunoda failed, or for him to keep the seat warm for the youngsters for a season by driving his way into a seat at another team and allowing someone else to come in next to Tsunoda. But it’s all gone a bit wrong. De Vries has no points this season and has pretty much always been out-qualified and