Nico Hulkenberg is already committed to Sauber, the soon-to-be Audi team. For the second seat, Carlos Sainz is a major option, although he could just opt for Williams. Yet Sauber do not see a future in current drivers Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou, two drivers who would have liked to take up the adventure at the future factory team. Still surprisingly: there may even be a future in Formula 1 after Sauber for both of them.