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Realistic High-Potential Young Driver Signing Recommendations
As someone who loves to sign young prospects and develop them(honestly, I guess most manager game players feel the same, just like Football Manager players’ obsession with youth talents), I would like to bring a little more realism when it comes to signing a young driver as a reserve. The following shortlist started out as something I would personally use, but I thought maybe people would have similar ideas when playing the game, so I might as well post this here.
The Shortlist
All drivers are marked as “Growth Potential High” in game
| Driver Name | Age | Starting Overall | Team | Relations with the Team |
| Dennis Hauger | 18 | 69 | Red Bull | Current member of the Red Bull Junior Team |
| Oliver Bearman* | 16 | 65 | Ferrari | Current member of the Ferrari Driver Academy |
| Frederik Vesti | 20 | 71 | Mercedes | Current member of the Mercedes Junior Team |
| Theo Pourchaire | 18 | 71 | Alfa Romeo | Current member of the Sauber Academy |
| Jack Doohan | 19 | 72 | Alpine | Current member of the Alpine Academy |
| Oscar Piastri | 20 | 75 | McLaren | 2023 McLaren Driver |
| Ayumu Iwasa* | 20 | 66 | Alpha Tauri | Current member of the Red Bull Junior Team |
| Enzo Fittipaldi | 20 | 61 | Haas | Former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, brother of Pietro |
| Logan Sargeant | 21 | 70 | Williams | Current member of the Williams Driver Academy |
| Felipe Drugovich | 21 | 68 | Aston Martin | Current member of the AMF1 Driver Development Programme *Driver ineligible for contract proposals at the beginning of the game, due to age and/or not having enough seasons raced in F2/F3 |
Final words
I love the idea of bringing a team’s “homegrown” talent and developing them into future main driver, of course there are other options available, this only serves as a reference and are picked in the order of current overall. Hopefully this can make your career experience somewhat more immersive.
What a nice guide!
I think it’ll be more immersive to choose a related prospect in reality thx 😀
You’re welcome!