The FIA’s provisional entry list for next year’s Formula 1 season has revealed that five of the field’s twelve teams are still to officially finalise their driver line-ups.
The provisional entry list – which also confirms the new names that Renault, Team Lotus and Virgin Racing will be known by – confirms that there are still apparent full vacancies at Force India, Toro Rosso, Williams and HRT (despite it have signed Pedro de la Rosa to one seat), as well as a part-vacancy at Lotus F1 Team (nee Renault).
Also missing from the HRT entry list is confirmation of its chassis name and engine supplier, which is generally believed to be Cosworth, although rumours of a Toyota tie-in have resurfaced once again.
Team Caterham (formerly Team Lotus) has listed both Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli as its drivers, theoretically putting to bed suggestions that Trulli’s new contract did not actually stipulate he’d be racing in 2012.
Kimi Räikkönen has also been given the #9 in the Lotus F1 Team line-up, while Jenson Button gets Lewis Hamilton’s #3 entry next year, by dint of having finished ahead of Hamilton in the Drivers’ Championship standings this year.
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2012 FIA Formula 1 World Championship Season – Provisional Entry List:
Driver | Nat | Entry | Nat | Chassis | Engine | |
1. | Sebastian Vettel | ![]() |
Red Bull Racing | ![]() |
Red Bull | Renault |
2. | Mark Webber | ![]() |
Red Bull Racing | ![]() |
Red Bull | Renault |
3. | Jenson Button | ![]() |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | ![]() |
McLaren | Mercedes |
4. | Lewis Hamilton | ![]() |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | ![]() |
McLaren | Mercedes |
5. | Fernando Alonso | ![]() |
Scuderia Ferrari | ![]() |
Ferrari | Ferrari |
6. | Felipe Massa | ![]() |
Scuderia Ferrari | ![]() |
Ferrari | Ferrari |
7. | Michael Schumacher | ![]() |
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team | ![]() |
Mercedes | Mercedes |
8. | Nico Rosberg | ![]() |
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team | ![]() |
Mercedes | Mercedes |
9. | Kimi Räikkönen | ![]() |
Lotus F1 Team | ![]() |
Lotus | Renault |
10. | TBA | Lotus F1 Team | ![]() |
Lotus | Renault | |
11. | TBA | Sahara Force India F1 Team | ![]() |
Force India | Mercedes | |
12. | TBA | Sahara Force India F1 Team | ![]() |
Force India | Mercedes | |
14. | Kamui Kobayashi | ![]() |
Sauber F1 Team | ![]() |
Sauber | Ferrari |
15. | Sergio Pérez Mendoza | ![]() |
Sauber F1 Team | ![]() |
Sauber | Ferrari |
16. | TBA | Scuderia Toro Rosso | ![]() |
Toro Rosso | Ferrari | |
17. | TBA | Scuderia Toro Rosso | ![]() |
Toro Rosso | Ferrari | |
18. | TBA | AT&T Williams | ![]() |
Williams | Renault | |
19. | TBA | AT&T Williams | ![]() |
Williams | Renault | |
20. | Heikki Kovalainen | ![]() |
Team Caterham | ![]() |
Caterham | Renault |
21. | Jarno Trulli | ![]() |
Team Caterham | ![]() |
Caterham | Renault |
22. | TBA | HRT F1 Team | ![]() |
TBA | TBA | |
23. | TBA | HRT F1 Team | ![]() |
TBA | TBA | |
24. | Timo Glock | ![]() |
Marussia F1 Team | ![]() |
Marussia | Cosworth |
25. | Charles Pic | ![]() |
Marussia F1 Team | ![]() |
Marussia | Cosworth |
[Image via The Cahier Archive]
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