Kvyat and Wehrlein for Toro Rosso in 2019?

For Kvyat it will be a return to the team where he made his Formula 1 debut at the Australian Grand Prix in 2014. A year later he was promoted to the Red Bull senior team but after a season and a bit, as a result of a wayward spell, he was demoted back to Toro Rosso where he remained until his final grand prix in Texas last year.

The Russian has since found refuge with Ferrari as a reserve of sorts and sim driver. Maranello are reportedly keen to see Kvyat return to the top flight and have made it known to Red Bull that the 24-year-old is available.

Considering his topsy-turvy history with Red Bull, Kvyat must have brownie points with the senior management to be considered for the drive, but at the same time he has experience which will serve them well as Honda seek to challenge for victories.

Latest name to emerge is that of Wehrlein, another driver who many believe has unfinished business in Formula 1 and now he has been released by Mercedes.

The German 23-year-old has a fan in Toro Rosso chief Franz Tost and has 39 grand prix starts with Manor and Sauber. His last race was at the end of the last season, he lost his seat to Ferrari backed driver Charles Leclerc.

A Kvyat-Wehrlein line-up for 2019 at Toro Rosso will be bad news for Brendon Hartley who has simply not done enough to secure his future with the team, while Pierre Gasly moves up to partner Pierre Gasly at Red Bull.