Time to start new 2014 F1 thread Driver linup for 2014 so far Red Bull Engines: Renault 1. Sebastian Vettel (Has contract) 2. Daniel Ricciardo (Has contract) Test and reserve drivers Sebastien Buemi Antonio Felix da Costa Mercedes Engines: Mercedes 3. Nico Rosberg (Has contract) 4. Lewis Hamilton (Has contract) Test and reserve drivers TBC Ferrari Engines: Ferrari 5. Fernando Alonso (Has contract) 6. Kimi Raikkonen (Has contract) Test and reserve drivers TBC Lotus Engines: Renault 7. Romain Grosjean (Has contract) 8. Pastor Maldonado (Has contract) Test and reserve drivers TBC McLaren Engines: Mercedes 9. Jenson Button (Has contract) 10. Kevin Magnussen (Has contract) Test and reserve drivers TBC Force India Engines: Mercedes 11. Nico Hulkenberg (Has contract) 12. Sergio Perez (Has contract) Test and reserve drivers TBC Sauber Engines: Ferrari 14. Adrian Sutil (Has contract) 15. Esteban Gutierrez (Has contract) Test and reserve drivers Giedo van der Garde Sergey Sirotkin Toro Rosso Engines: Renault 16. Jean-Eric Vergne (Has contract) 17. Daniil Kvyat (Has contract) Test and reserve drivers TBC Williams Engines: Mercedes 18. Valtteri Bottas (Has contract) 19. Felipe Massa (Has contract) Test and reserve drivers TBC Marussia Engines: Ferrari 20. Jules Bianchi (Has contract) 21. Max Chilton (Has contract) Test and reserve drivers TBC Caterham Engines: Renault 22. Kamui Kobayashi (Has contract) 23. Marcus Ericsson (Has contract) Test and reserve drivers Alexander Rossi Robin Frijns
Update :- Nico Hulkenberg and Perez to Force India and Adrian Sutil to Sauber Glad to see Hulk getting the drive for 2014. Kudos to Force India for selecting him.
Perez in for Paul Di Resta? BS. Di Resta deserves to drive an F1 car, he's a solid young driver with no nonsense approach. Perez's bubble's burst, well, he kinda made Button look very pedestrian last year, but the last season also revealed he's a meh driver. I want Di Resta in F1.
Probably lack of support and sponsorship cost him the drive,..... With Sutil going to Sauber, Force India probably needed atleast one driver with sponsorship money, hence Perez.
yeah, I understand that, but it's a bit sad to see him go. Paul was a breath of fresh air. I can't believe McLaren went for Perez before him last year.
I'm expecting a lot from the new Ferrari. Rory Burn is once again the lead designer/engineer on the car.
I'm rather embarrassed for Lotus. They got bamboozled by that Quantum investor guy, got saddled with Maldonado the Terrible for his PDVSA money, and lost a few key engineers. Kimi's payment was delayed (has he even gotten paid yet?), and then it came out that their test/reserve driver Valsecchi also hasn't been paid. Grosjean only got paid because his Total sponsorship is who pays him. I feel it's going to be a bad year for Lotus. On the flipside I'm hoping for a return to form with Williams. Massa and the few new engineers they sniped off other teams, plus now running with Mercedes engines could help revitalize them.
Lol, thanks for the correction. The last car he designed was the 2006 Ferrari. We all know why the Ferrari's failed in those later years...TYRE rule change!
