Drivers numbers

Why not 69, it is is the same whether it is right up or upside down.

 

The list:

2014 FIA F1 World Championship - Entry List | Federation Internationale de l'Automobile


Interesting that maldonado choose 13. Hulkenberg 27. Not sure how I feel about that yet...
and wait a second. Grosjean also 8, isn't that bad luck in Japan?

 

turns out I was wrong, in Japan it's lucky but it's unlucky in India.

 

Would this have been allowed if someone wanted it?
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Wasn't that was the year that Mansell as champ left to do IndyCar, so no one had #1?

 

Nope. Could only choose between 1 and 99.

 

Vettel keep the #1 for 2014.
If Vettel does not win the title again in 2014, he will get the #5.

 

I'm glad F1 finally decided to let drivers pick a number to stick with. Seeing a driver's number essentially change every year based on theirs points standings (except for the #13 for some dumb reason) was ridiculous. Let the guys keep the # they ran in their childhood or some other # fans can associate with. i.e. NASCAR with numbers like #3, #24, #48 that everyone can identify easily and MotoGP with #46, #69, and #99 (with option to run #1 as champion).