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Only one seat is left available at Toro Rosso for the 2019 championship, so it is all up for grabs - but which names are possibly on the shortlist?
2018 has been an eventful year in driver transfers when you include a couple of shocking moves that many didn't expect -- Daniel Ricciardo deciding on pulling the plug at Red Bull in order to join Renault next year and Kimi Raikkonen agreeing to rejoin Sauber in favour of Charles Leclerc taking over his seat.
There are still a number of seats to be confirmed ahead of next season as the current championship has only four races remaining on the calendar.
Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, Haas and Sauber have their drivers ready for next year.
And so have Red Bull with Max Verstappen expected to be taking up the number one role at the team while Pierre Gasly is to be given the promotion less than 12 months since his debut race in Formula One.
Daniil Kvyat will return to Toro Rosso as of next season but who will be his team mate?
Here are four possible contenders for the Toro Rosso seat:
#4 Stoffel Vandoorne
It is worrying times for McLaren's Stoffel Vandoorne.
The soon-to-be-out-of-a-job McLaren man did not get the extension to his contract that he was hoping for at his boyhood team. Once the 2018 campaign crosses the finish line in Abu Dhabi, Vandoorne will no longer be working for McLaren after two full seasons.
The Belgian took over from Jenson Button ahead of last season in 2017 but has so far failed to impress the bosses at McLaren HQ in Woking, which does seem rather unfair as McLaren have failed to provide him and Fernando Alonso a competitive car.
But Alonso has done what he does the best, which was making the car look better than what it is, while Vandoorne has been left hanging out at the back.
It looks very unlikely for Vandoorne to be offered a seat at Toro Rosso but he has in the past had talks with Sauber but the Swiss team had Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi taking up the roles already.
#3 Esteban Ocon
This is another transfer saga that seems to be going on and on and on between Force India's Esteban Ocon and Williams' Lance Stroll.
We are still awaiting the news of Stroll joining Sergio Perez as his new teammate at Force India. A lot of days and weeks have passed and the Canadian is still at Williams despite his father, Lawrence Stroll, buying the team after the group went into administration.
We expect the announcement to come eventually of Stroll joining Force India to replace Ocon.
Currently, Ocon has no offers on the table for the next season and could end up taking the third driver's role at Mercedes for the whole of 2019.
Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has praised Ocon's performances at Force India and has urged fellow teams to take on the Frenchman, but they have had no luck as of yet.
Ocon is a good example of a talent going to waste in the F1 world.
#2 Brendon Hartley
It looks as though the race for Toro Rosso's final seat is going to be between their current man Brendon Hartley and one other (see next slide).
But the chances of the New Zealander staying at Toro Rosso look a little slim as the 28-year-old has failed to perform this season while Pierre Gasly has done wonders in the Honda-powered car.
Dr Helmut Marko has said in previous interviews with the press that Hartley is still in contention for the seat but he does not look to favour his colleague.
Hartley may just have four races left to convince Marko and the bosses upstairs.
#1 Pascal Wehrlein
Pascal Wehrlein looks to be the favourite for the Toro Rosso role. The young German racer was last seen racing for Sauber in the final Grand Prix of 2017 in Abu Dhabi.
But he has since been on the hunt for a return to the sport.
Wehrlein has been part of the Mercedes driver's programme, but looks to be joining the Red Bull group. It is believed that the 23-year-old turned down an offer from a Mercedes long-term drive in Formula E to pursue a second spell in F1.
Kvyat may have some competition at the garage next door.
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