It is rare for all Formula 1 teams to confirm their drivers for a new campaign before December, this year after a roller-coaster Silly Season we have all twenty drivers confirmed by their respective ten teams.
Only two outfits retain the driver line-up with which they ended the 2018 season, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas stay at Mercedes, with Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean remaining with Haas for another season.
Charles Leclerc bids farewell to Sauber and hello to Ferrari where he will slot in alongside Sebastian Vettel while veteran Kimi Raikkonen backtracks to the Swiss team in his place to share a garage with Ferrari backed rookie Antonio Giovinazzi.
There are big changes to the Red Bull/ Toro Rosso line-up with a couple of drivers out the door with only Max Verstappen rand Pierre Gasly remaining of the four that ended the season with the energy drinks outfit.
Gasly gets promoted to the senior team while Daniil Kvyat was gifted a comeback with Toro Rosso who are, at the same time, giving Thai rookie Alexander Albon a shot at the big time.
Daniel Ricciardo leaves the Blues to take up residence with Renault for at least two years, the Aussie partnering Nico Hulkenberg in the French team.
The last piece in the 2019 F1 driver puzzle was put in place today when Racing Point Force India confirmed Lance Stroll will partner Sergio Perez.
McLaren has an all-new driver line-up replacing Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne with Red Bull and Renault discard Carlos Sainz partnering highly-hyped teenager Lando Norris.
It's also all change at Williams with Formula 2 Champion George Russell making his F1 debut with the team alongside Robert Kubica and his feel-good story.
There should be a minor league Silly Season scuffle for reserve and test driver positions among the teams which will no doubt be finalised between now and the start of the season.
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