The Business of Speed

An Insider’s Look at Formula One’s Driver Market
The mystery of the Formula One driver market explained, by official F1 commentator, Lawrence Barretto.

Gain access to the fascinating Formula One driver market, where multi-million-dollar contracts and high-stakes power players determine who gets a seat on the worlds fastest grid.

Formula Ones driver market is a beast like no other. Theres no draft, no transfer deadline, no trading between teams. Instead, there is what F1 insiders call Silly Season yet it has no beginning and no end. A seat could be filled a year in advance, or just weeks before the lights go out. The only certainty is that 22 seats need to be filled and the best drivers in the world want them.

With on-the-ground, in-the-room chapters covering Formula Ones most high-profile driver moves, Formula 1 correspondent and presenter Lawrence Barretto brings together answers to some