Sunday might be Belgium GP day, but Monday’s meeting of the contract recognition board in Geneva could be high octane fuel for the 2023 ‘silly season’. Mick Schumacher is now being regularly linked with the vacant cockpit at Alpine, with Haas to potentially then be the next destination for McLaren refugee Daniel Ricciardo. “Do we take a risk with a new driver like Daniel Ricciardo who has had a difficult time at McLaren, or do we stick with what we know?” A new rumour in the Spa-Francorchamps paddock is that Alpine might be trying to extract Pierre Gasly from his Red Bull contract – which would then open up a potential seat for Schumacher at Alpha Tauri. “Hulkenberg would be a risk, Ricciardo would be a risk,” Steiner said. “What I do agree with you about is that Mick is the smallest risk.

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