Williams have said Sargeant, their reserve driver this year, will get the seat as long as he qualifies. Team principal Toto Wolff said on Sunday that he “would consider taking up this option if he does not get a race seat”. Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who is leaving McLaren after the final race of the 2022 season in Abu Dhabi as the team have terminated his contract a year early, is also a contender for the Mercedes reserve seat. “I’m very happy to move into a full-time race seat with Haas F1 team in 2023 – I feel like I never really left Formula 1,” he said.

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