F1 2012 - Teams and Drivers - Who goes where?!

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Ok, silly season is upon us! Who wil go where? I will try to keep this thread up to date as and when information is available.

Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB8 - Renault
1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger)
2 Mark Webber (Aus)

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren TBA - Mercedes
3 Jenson Button (Gbr)
4 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr)

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari TBA
5 Fernando Alonso (Spa)
6 Felipe Massa (Bra)

Mercedes GP Petronas Mercedes TBA
7 Michael Schumacher (Ger)
8 Nico Rosberg (Ger)

Lotus Lotus TBA - Renault
9 Romain Grosjean (Fra)
10 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin)

Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India TBA - Mercedes
11 Paul Di Resta (Gbr)
12 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger)

Sauber F1 Team Sauber TBA - Ferrari
14 Kamui Kobayashi (Jap)
15 Sergio Perez (Mex)

Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso TBA - Ferrari
16 Jean Eric Vergne
17 Daniel Ricciardio

AT&T Williams Williams TBA - Renault
18 Pastor Maldonado
19 Bruno Senna

Caterham TBA - Renault
20 Heikki Kovalainen (Fin)
21 Jarno Trulli (Ita)

HRT F1 Team HRT TBA - Cosworth
22 Pedro de la Rosa (Spa)
23 TBA

Marussia TBA - Cosworth
24 Timo Glock (Ger)
25 Charles Pic (Fra)

Another World champion in the mix, woop!

Yellow = confirmed
Red = rumoured

Drivers in market with no confirmed seats:

Barichello - Nothing conrete, currently flying by the seat of his pants (29/11/2011)
Kubica - Unknown race fitness. His seat would seem to be taken, but there are still open talks with Lotus?! 2013 talk of Ferrari to replace Massa... (29/11/2011)
Sutil - Musings about him heading to Williams...(16/12/2011)
D'Ambrosio - No Seat confirmed anywhere, but talks are on-going (29/11/2011)
Senna - There was talk of him getting a look in at Lotus, but this seems far fetched now (29/11/2011)
Alguersuari - Rumours of HRT seat (16/12/2011)

BBC - SKY

2011 BBC Team
Jake Humphrey - Confirmed as staying with the BBC
Ted Kravitz - Rumoured to have jumped ship to SKY with Brundle
Martin Brundle - Led the move to SKY, taking Kravitz with him.
David Coulthard - Co-hosting still with Humphrey
Eddie Jordan - No word yet!
Lee Mckenzie - Will be pit lane reporter in 2012 for BBC
 
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Not many places left now, seems likely that FI will announce Di Resta and Hulkenberg soon enough.

That'd leave a spot at HRT, the Williams seats and the Toro Rosso seats to be confirmed. Although there are also the rumours about Caterham for Ricciardo.
 
Hope Rubens can get a drive somewhere!

Any chance of changing that green font for another colour, can't read it at all on the blue background :(
 
Malt_Vinegar said:
He holds a contract to cover next year, and his manager is at a meeting to confirm his status today, I believe?

As he has a contract, he will remain against the seat, but rightly, i will change him to rumoured. :)
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Ahh cool - thanks. I can't believe they'd choose Petrov over Senna. And presumiably Senna has more dollar too?
 
Fairly certain Crofty is partnering Brundle for an epic commentary team.

Lots of talk of Mansell as a pundit.

I hope Sutil gets a seat somewhere (most likely Williams), certainly more deserving than numerous others on the grid.
 
So, who is Charles Pic? How come he gets drive? Does he come with significant money from somewhere, or is there another story behind his place? He certainly doesn't look to have the background to justify an F1 spot, even at a nowhere team.
 
I think he was at the young driver tests, and did a good job and impressed the team.
Not sure what else he is bringing in terms of money or sponsors, he has some pedigree in gp2 though. Not won any major series though...
 
So far as a Tv team, Martin Brundle is worth all the rest put together !

Don't get me wrong I have enjoyed the BBC's coverage from all of the BBC Team much more than any previous coverage.

For me Martin Brundle with Eddie Jordan and Ted Kravitz would be the team I would put together if I was SKY, they are all proper racing enthusiasts + martin and Eddie are old school and I enjoy the way they cut through the BS ;)
 
I hope that sutil get a drive, he has been a great though careless driver over the past few years. I want to see Robert Kubica return soon.

I also like Nico Hulkenberg, him and Di resta will make a great 'underdog' team.
 
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