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Should Mercedes choose Ocon or Bottas? Making sense of the 2020 F1 driver market

F1's summer break is traditionally the time when decisions are made over driver line-ups for the following year, and as F1 left the paddock in Hungary last weekend, there were as many rumoured changes as confirmed drivers for 2020. Below, we outline the situation at each team and attempt to cut through the paddock chatter to figure out who is going where next year...

Mercedes

2020 lineup: Lewis Hamilton, TBC

Mercedes holds the key to this year's driver market as it makes a straight choice between incumbent race driver Valtteri Bottas and reserve driver Esteban Ocon.