Thread: 2011 F1 Drivers

This is the most current list according to my research as of December 14th. What do you think? I left out Test Drivers with no contracts.


Red Bull Racing-Renault
1. Sebastian Vettel (has 2011 contract)
2. Mark Webber (has 2011 contract)

McLaren-Mercedes
3. Lewis Hamilton (has 2011 contract)
4. Jenson Button (has 2011 contract)

Scuderia Ferrari
5. Fernando Alonso (has 2011 contract)
6. Felipe Massa (has 2011 contract)
Test Driver
Jules Bianchi (has 2011 contract)

Mercedes Grand Prix
7. Michael Schumacher (has 2011 contract)
8. Nico Rosberg (has 2011 contract)

Renault F1 Team
9. Robert Kubica (has 2011 contract)
10. Vitaly Petrov (No Contract yet for 2011)

Williams-Cosworth
11. Rubens Barrichello (has 2011 contract)
12. Pastor Maldonado (has 2011 contract)
Test driver
Valltteri Bottas (has 2011 contract)

Force India F1 Team-Mercedes
14. Adrian Sutil (No Contract yet for 2011)
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi (No Contract yet for 2011)

BMW Sauber-Ferrari
16. Kamui Kobayashi (has 2011 contract)
17. Sergio Perez (has 2011 contract)
Test driver
Esteban Gutierrez (has 2011 contract)

Scuderia Toro Rosso-Ferrari
18. Sebastien Buemi (has 2011 contract)
19. Jaime Alguersuari (has 2011 contract)
Test driver
Daniel Ricciardo (has 2011 contract)

Lotus-Renault
20. Jarno Trulli (Unclear)
21. Heikki Kovalainen (Unclear)

HRT F1 Team-Cosworth
22. Christian Klien (No Contract yet for 2011)
23. Bruno Senna (No Contract yet for 2011)

Virgin Racing-Cosworth
24. Timo Glock (No Contract yet for 2011)
25. Lucas di Grassi (No Contract yet for 2011)

Drivers without seats for 2011
Nico Hülkenberg (ex-Williams)
Nick Heidfeld (ex-Sauber)
Pedro de la Rosa (ex-Sauber)
Sakon Yamamoto (ex-HRT)
Karun Chandhok (ex-HRT)

I thought lotus and renault were merging?

Originally Posted by MMR

I thought lotus and renault were merging?

Renault F1, last year with yellow and black cars, drivers Petrov and Kubica are renaming to Lotus Renault GP.
TeamLotus , owned by a Malasian consortium is staying Team Lotus.

The really confusing part is that both teams have supposedly decided to run the Black and Gold Livery, and bot teams will run Renault powerplants. Confused yet?

Originally Posted by Christiancoach

Renault F1, last year with yellow and black cars, drivers Petrov and Kubica are renaming to Lotus Renault GP.
TeamLotus , owned by a Malasian consortium is staying Team Lotus.

The really confusing part is that both teams have supposedly decided to run the Black and Gold Livery, and bot teams will run Renault powerplants. Confused yet?

I don't know... which is a yes I guess.

Great tradition for a Black & Gold Lotus. Here's some of my favorite combinations.
Ayrton Senna, Lotus-renault 97T, 1985 and Emerson as well...

Team Lotus will probably reuse there Green and Yellow scheme again

While Lotus Renault GP will be using the Black and Gold Scheme

It will be interesting to see if we have another close championship since the top 4 teams don't have any changes.

We can only hope it's as good as last years.

I think there will only be one lotus team when the season starts. And that will of course be Lotus Renault GP.

Originally Posted by tsubasa650

I think there will only be one lotus team when the season starts. And that will of course be Lotus Renault GP.

So Tonys team will be what? Air Asia/NAZA?

I think not... I have a insider to the team and hes sure it will still be lotus.