Two potential key vacancies on the 2017 Formula 1 grid at present are at Ferrari and McLaren-Honda, and already Silly Season speculation is mounting with regards to this.
But Kimi Raikkonen appears to have taken a step forward this year, with Sebastian Vettel admitting on in China that the Finn was simply quicker during Friday practice in Shanghai.
Told that Raikkonen now appears as aggressive and focused as in the 'good old days', Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene told MTV: "I absolutely agree. Kimi is a super driver with great ability."
It might, however, be tougher for Jenson Button to hang on to his McLaren-Honda seat for 2017, given the impressive debut made by Stoffel Vandoorne in Bahrain.
"At this stage I don't think he [Vandoorne] has to prove anything more," team boss Eric Boullier said in China. "It's just a question of having an opportunity."
The Telegraph's Johnson said Button, 36, might extend his F1 career into an eighteenth consecutive season next year by returning to Williams, the scene of his 2000 debut.
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