Silly Season has begun, driver market has opened and people are going mad, again. We expected some crazy deals, because the market is a secret and teams can finally do deals by their own. What happened so far and why? We will try to give backgrounds.

The first deal was the biggest so far. The market opened and McLaren dropped Alonso and took Rosberg. Last time the market opened nobody wanted Rosberg. Now after last race and Alonso being just number 2 in standings and getting a downgrade, again, McLaren had no other chance to give him away. Rosberg has more potential and could secure McLaren two titles next year. We are expecting a tough fight.

Another bomb was BRMs decision to drop their great drivers. Last year Massa and Frijns were big numbers and many teams wanted them, after the season at BRM their worth dropped a lot. Currently Massa and Frijns couldn’t secure a seat. Apparently only Massa has a chance left. BRM took instead Grosjean and Montoya. Grosjean is a solid driver and could secure some nice points. We don’t know which drugs BRMs TPs took, but Montoya will help the team to secure last place in Band C. It could be a possibility to change Montoya with their new reserve Rossi during season.

The biggest deal after McLaren was probably made by Manor, they dropped their drivers Chilton and Sirotkin to get Alonso a cockpit. Even if their money can’t buy a second driver, they will surely beat BRM. They could also give Marciello their second seat. Manor doesn’t need a third driver, if they have Alonso. It is no surprise Chilton is very popular among TPs. So we picked him up, after we took Gutierrez to fill our last free place in the team. Chilton was also an option last year, we are very happy to have him under contract, finally. Welcome Max!

One secret nobody gets currently is the deal Red Bull and Ferrari made. They exchanged Magnussen and Ricciardo. Red Bull now a Band B team has two of the best drivers. We don’t know the details, but everybody in the paddock thinks they gave away a lot of performance. This is unusual, cause Red Bull has often one of the best designed cars and doesn’t pay much for drivers, cause of their young-drivers-program.

Haas took Kvyat, a quick, young driver with a lot of potential. Because of their driver-credits they only could afford De Silvestro and Karthikeyan. De Silvestro is the first female driver in MF1 and Karthikeyan? Let’s forget about him. Stefan GP picked up Haryanto, the new Taki Inoue and Mitch Evans as third driver. One rumour currently is, they will pick Massa as first driver in a few days.

The driver market will be open till 18th december and there will be a lot more deals. Stay tuned.