Phil is officially the numbah one driver for Feza. 1 Lewis HAMILTON (GB) VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES McLAREN MERCEDES 2 Heikki KOVALAINEN (FIN) VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES McLAREN MERCEDES 3 Felipe MASSA (BRA) * SCUDERIA FERRARI MARLBORO FERRARI 4 Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (FIN) * SCUDERIA FERRARI MARLBORO FERRARI 5 Robert KUBICA (PL) BMW SAUBER F1 TEAM BMW SAUBER 6 Nick HEIDFELD (D) BMW SAUBER F1 TEAM BMW SAUBER 7 Fernando ALONSO (E) ING RENAULT F1 TEAM RENAULT 8 Nelson PIQUET (BR) ING RENAULT F1 TEAM RENAULT 9 Jarno TRULLI (I) PANASONIC TOYOTA RACING TOYOTA 10 Timo GLOCK (D) PANASONIC TOYOTA RACING TOYOTA 11 Sébastien BOURDAIS (F) * SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO STR FERRARI 12 Sébastien BUEMI (CH) * SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO STR FERRARI 14 Mark WEBBER (AUS) RED BULL RACING RBR RENAULT 15 Sebastian VETTEL (D) RED BULL RACING RBR RENAULT 16 Nico ROSBERG (D) AT&T WILLIAMS WILLIAMS TOYOTA 17 Kazuki NAKAJIMA (J) AT&T WILLIAMS WILLIAMS TOYOTA 18 Adrian SUTIL (D) FORCE INDIA F1 TEAM FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 19 Giancarlo FISICHELLA (I) FORCE INDIA F1 TEAM FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 20 Jenson BUTTON (GB) BRAWN GP FORMULA ONE TEAM BRAWN MERCEDES 21 Rubens BARRICHELLO (BR) BRAWN GP FORMULA ONE TEAM BRAWN MERCEDES
Presumably that's because he finished above Kimi in the championship but it doesn't necessarily reflect Ferrari's ranking of them.
The number 1 and 2 aside, I think the numbers assigned may have to do with team seniority-massa has been there longer than kimi, weber longer than vettel, etc.
Nope. Apparently it is bad luck. A Japanese driver a few years back, believe it was Nakajima's dad, refused to drive with the number 4 as the Japanese believe it is bad luck.
They're assigned first based on who won the WDC. He gets number 1 and his team mate gets number 2. After that they're assigned based on where the teams finished in the WCC and in each team the lower number is given to whoever finished with more points.
Yeah I know it's bad luck, but has there ever not been a 13 since the current numbering system has been in place? Mark
As has been for the last two years, there is no number one driver at Ferrari until mid season. And #13 is reserved for Smokey Yunick's entry into F1.
The #13 hasn't been raced since 1977, as far as I can tell. edit: did a little research, apparently it didn't run in a race in 76 either, just pre-qualifying. Before that, the #13 ran in 1963.
Thank you for correcting me, I really wonder how I didn't know that. Perhaps I knew that at some time but didn't remember. Mark
No Andreas, Felipe has a private bathroom at the Ferrari factory, that is just the name for the entry.
You are correct. They requested the change when they once again found Kimi passed out with bottle in hand.
