Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren-Mercedes MP4-25 1 Jenson Button 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes GP Petronas Mercedes 3 Nico Rosberg 4 Michael Schumacher.... amazing! Red Bull Racing Red Bull-Renault RB6 5 Sebastian Vettel 6 Mark Webber Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari 7 Felipe Massa 8 Fernando Alonso AT&T Williams Williams-Cosworth FW32 9 Rubens Barrichello 10 Nico Hulkenberg Renault F1 Team Renault R30 11 Robert Kubica 12 To be announced Force India F1 Team Force India-Mercedes VJM03 14 Adrian Sutil 15 Tonio Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso STR-Ferrari STR5 16 Sebastien Buemi 17 To be announced Lotus F1 Racing Lotus-Cosworth 18 Jarno Trulli 19 Heikki Kovalainen Campos Meta 1 Campos Dallara-Cosworth 20 To be announced 21 Bruno Senna US F1 Team USF1-Cosworth 22 To be announced.... 23 To be announced Virgin Racing Virgin-Cosworth VR-01 24 Timo Glock 25 Lucas di Grassi Sauber Sauber-Ferrari C29 26 Kamui Kobayashi 27 To be announced Reserve drivers named thus far are Giancarlo Fisichella (Ferrari), Fairus Fauzy (Lotus) and Alvaro Parente (Virgin). Thanks to Joe's blog.
When was the last time that a) our guys had such high starting numbers b) Schumi had an even number? They do not seem to have much confidence in Senna... "Listen, Bruno, we don't know yet who will drive the other car, but you'll be number 2 anyway!"
On paper, Lotus F1 team seems to have the stronger line-up among the newcomers. Trulli and Kovalainen, 2 previous GP winners, no less!!
So Fisi talked himself out of a driving job (at FI) and into a bench warmer? I know it's Ferrari, but ouch.
See http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=259540 for discussion of that. Seems a strange choice unless there's more going on than is visible.
