One Formula 1 driver is facing a brutal situation ahead of the 2027 season as Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso look set to play a huge role in the driver market.

Both men’s futures with Red Bull and Aston Martin, respectively, are currently up in the air. If they choose to stay with their current teams, there could be very little movement elsewhere.

However, Haas look certain to make a change to their line-up next year. Esteban Ocon is the driver at serious risk of losing his seat due to a worrying reason.

F1 Team to Drop Driver For 2027 Season

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Since joining from Alpine in 2025, the French racer has struggled to deliver, with his teammate Oliver Bearman performing better so far in 2026. As a result, Ocon’s seat is in jeopardy.

There were even rumours of an explosive fallout with Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu. While those suggestions have been downplayed, Komatsu is believed to be disappointed with the driver’s performance and results.

Journalist Julianne Cerasoli has now claimed that Haas are working below the budget cap and may not be able to afford Ocon, even if there was a desire for him to keep his seat. Rafael Camara and Leonardo Fornaroli have both been linked with Haas for 2027.

Speaking on the UOL Esporte YouTube channel (per F1 Oversteer), Cerasoli said: “The spot at Haas is a little more complicated precisely because of Bearman’s presence there.

“Bearman is the guy with ties to Ferrari who has that spot on the grid, right? And there’s no precedent for them fielding two drivers with ties to Ferrari. Their situation is very hard to read right now, because it’s a team facing major budget problems.

“Even Cadillac is a team that’s already operating within the budget cap, meaning a team that brings in more money than it spends under the cap, which is the maximum you can spend on car development.”

Haas is reportedly the only F1 team working below the budget, as he continued: “Haas is the only team still operating below the cap, and there’s a lot of pressure on Ayao Komatsu to turn this situation around.

“So the drivers get caught up in this mix of possible solutions, and the thing about Ocon is that he’s an expensive driver. So that’s one of the points working against the French driver.

Footage has emerged of Kyle Walker raging at Pep Guardiola in the dressing room after a defeat to Liverpool, an exchange that left the Catalan manager in tears.

Guardiola, considered one of the greatest managers in football history, left Manchester City this summer following a highly successful 10-year spell.

However, despite all the success he had at the club, it wasn’t always plain sailing for Guardiola. The 2024/25 campaign was particularly difficult for the club.

In that season, Man City failed to win the Premier League as they finished third, they finished runners-up in the FA Cup, were knocked out of the EFL Cup in the fourth round and were eliminated from the Champions League at the playoff stage.

Tensions were high during the campaign and new footage has now emerged of Walker and Guardiola clashing in the dressing room.

Kyle Walker Hits Back at Pep Guardiola

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In December 2024, Man City were beaten by Liverpool 2-0 at Anfield. A new Amazon Prime documentary series titled ‘A Beautiful Obsession’, which follows Guardiola’s final two years at the club, captured the now 55-year-old clashing with Walker in the dressing room after the match.

In a clip that has gone viral on social media, Guardiola says to his players: “In that situation when Ruben [Dias] comes to the ball, you have to feel that if you lose the ball, it’s a goal. And when the ball comes to Kyle [Walker], Kyle has to know that if you lose the ball, it’s a goal.”

Walker then interjects: “I react to someone. If you keep saying my name in every meeting in every f****** thing, you’re going to get a reaction. Every f****** meeting it’s my name. I’ve reacted to someone else, I’ve lost the ball, you somehow bring my name into it.”

The Englishman then suggested that Guardiola did want him to be captain.

Guardiola replied: “But if you take it personally Kyle, I am sorry. It will be my defeat. After nine years together, with what we’ve won, in the good moments and the bad moments, it is my defeat. It is my defeat. Absolutely. More than anything else.”

He then struggled to hold back the tears as he added to the room: “If I am a problem, you have to tell me. I won’t stay here for the money or just for the fact of staying. I extended the contract because I want to be with you, I want to fight in that position.

“I don’t want you to feel like I’m leaving and running away from you. I don’t want to have the feeling that the pieces fall down. And I feel ‘No, I want to help you.’

The clip then ends with Guardiola walking away from his players.

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Walker completed a temporary move to AC Milan a few weeks later. He left the club on a permanent basis at the end of the 2024/25 season as he joined Burnley.

The 36-year-old is being blasted by football fans, with many thinking he showed disrespect to his manager.

One said: “Walker was such a bad captain. It is so upsetting to see him disrespect Pep like this,” while another commented: “Who does he think he is? Glad he got ran out the club.”

A third wrote: “I would have kicked Walker out.” A fourth stated: “Walker is the worst captain this club has ever produced”, while a fifth said: “What a disgrace Kyle is man.”