F1 Manager 2022 Realistic High-Potential Young Driver Signing Recommendations

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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.