F1's silly season is off to a big start. Here is what we know — and what is rumored — about all 20 F1 seats for the 2023 season.

• The 2022 F1 silly season kicked off with the announcement that Fernando Alonso will leave Alpine at the end of the season and replace the retiring Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin.

• There are now either 14 or 15 drivers under contract for the 2023 season, depending on what you want to believe about Daniel Ricciardo and McLaren.

• Below we take a look at the driver situation for next season at each team, going in order of the current Constructors'  Championship standings.

1. Red Bull

2022 lineup (current championship standing): Max Verstappen (1), Sergio Perez (3)

2023 drivers under contract: Verstappen, Perez

What we know: Both drivers are under contract for the 2023 season. Verstappen, the defending F1 champion, signed an extension in March that will keep him with Red Bull at least through the 2028 season. In May, the team announced a new extension for Perez to keep him with the team through 2024.

2. Ferrari

2022 lineup (current championship standing): Charles Leclerc (2), Carlos Sainz (5)

2023 drivers under contract: Leclerc, Sainz

What we know: Both drivers are under contract for the 2023 season. Sainz signed an extension in April to keep him with Ferrari through the 2024 season. Leclerc is also under contract through the 2024 season. However, one report says Leclerc can opt out of the deal at the end of this season if Ferrari finishes fourth or lower in the standings. That seems unlikely.

3. Mercedes

2022 lineup (current championship standing): George Russell (4), Lewis Hamilton (6)

2023 drivers under contract: Russell, Hamilton

What we know: According to F1, Hamilton is under contract through the 2023 season, having signed a 2-year extension during the 2021 season. Russell, in his first season with Mercedes, is signed through 2024.

4. Alpine

2022 lineup (current championship standing): Esteban Ocon (8), Fernando Alonso (10)

2023 drivers under contract: Ocon

What we know: According to F1, Ocon is under contract with Alpine through the 2024 season. Alonso announced that he will be driving for Aston Martin in 2023 to replace the retiring Sebastian Vettel.

The most common name linked to Alonso's soon-to-be-vacant seat is Oscar Piastri, who is currently Alpine's reserve driver. After Alonso's move, the team announced Piastri would be their second driver. However, Piastri refuted that announcement, saying he had not signed a contract and would not drive for Alpine in 2023. According to ESPN, he has signed a contract to join McLaren for 2023. Could Daniel Ricciardo return to Alpine if Piastri goes to McLaren?

5. McLaren

2022 lineup (current championship standing): Lando Norris (7), Daniel Ricciardo (12)

2023 drivers under contract: Norris, Ricciardo (maybe), Oscar Piastri (maybe)

What we know: Norris signed an extension earlier this year that will keep him with McLaren through at least 2025. Ricciardo has a contract for the 2023 season and has repeatedly said he plans to honor the deal. Still, rumors persist that the two sides are not on the same page and Ricciardo may be bluffing to force a better buyout.

According to ESPN, McLaren told Ricciardo after the Hungarian Grand Prix that he will be replaced by Piastri next season and the two sides are negotiating a buyout. An earlier report from ESPN said Piastri has signed a contract with McLaren for 2023.

Several other young drivers had been linked to Ricciardo's seat for either 2023 or 2024, including IndyCar drivers Pato O'Ward (already drives for McLaren), Colton Herta (recently test drove for McLaren), and Alex Palou (signed to join McLaren in 2023).

6. Alfa Romeo

2022 lineup (current championship standing): Valtteri Bottas (9), Zhou Guanyu (17)

2023 drivers under contract: Bottas

What we know: Bottas, in his first year with Alfa Romeo, is under contract for 2023, and both sides seem happy with the move. Zhou, in his first F1 season, is not signed for 2023. However, he has driven better than his place in the standings might suggest, thanks to some bad luck, and is expected to remain with the team next season.

7. Haas

2022 lineup (current championship standing): Kevin Magnussen (11), Mick Schumacher (15)

2023 drivers under contract: Magnussen

What we know: Magnussen is under contract for the 2023 season, having signed with the team on the eve of the schedule to replace Nikita Mazepin. Schumacher is not signed for next season. After struggling to start the season, Schumacher has shown better form recently.

Team principal Guenther Steiner said that the team would decide on Schumacher's future during the summer break over the next few weeks. He also noted that the team has not spoken to other drivers about replacing Schumacher.

8. AlphaTauri

2022 lineup (current championship standing): Pierre Gasly (13), Yuki Tsunoda (16)

2023 drivers under contract: Gasly

What we know: After a strong 2021 season, Gasly was rumored to be on the move following this season since no openings were expected on Red Bull's top team in the near future. However, after a slow start to the 2022 season, Gasly re-signed with AlphaTauri to remain with the team through next season.

One report said Gasly had a special clause in his new contract that would allow him to jump to a team ahead of AlphaTauri in the standings. Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko told Sport1 there is no exit clause in Gasly's contract.

Tsunoda's contract expires at the end of the season, and it is still up in the air if he will be back with Red Bull's sister team next year. Team advisor Helmut Marko recently called Tsunoda a "problem child" over his in-race radio outbursts. Team principal Franz Tost said if he can eliminate some of the crashes, he has "a good chance" to remain with the team.

9. Aston Martin

2022 lineup (current championship standing): Sebastian Vettel (14), Lance Stroll (18)

2023 drivers under contract: Stroll, Fernando Alonso

What we know: Alfa Romeo announced during the summer break that two-time F1 champion Fernando Alonso would replace the retiring Sebastian Vettel next season under a multi-year contract. Lance Stroll is under contract through 2023, and as long as his dad continues to write the checks, he will be with the team longer than that.

10. Williams

2022 lineup (current championship standing): Alex Albon (19), Nicholas Latifi (20)

2023 drivers under contract: Albon

What we know: Williams has announced that Albon has signed a multi-year extension to remain with the team, as expected. Latifi is not under contract and is expected to be out at the end of the year.

Several young drivers have been linked to Williams for next year, including American Logan Sargeant, who is third in the F2 standings and a member of the Williams Driver Academy. Others include F2 championship leader Felipe Drugovich and Mercedes reserve driver Nyck de Vries.

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