Official 2011 entry list

[pino]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88534

10 seats still available...very exciting, but I am glad for Trulli :p :

[gloomyDAY]

Ummmm....we're missing quite a few names in there.

[pettersolberg29]

No real suprises, but any reason why Schumacher is no.7 and Rosberg no.8? Surely Rosberg has earned the title of first driver after this season.

[V12]

Looks like we're finally shot of the BMW Sauber name, what a horrible, horrible name that was. Glad to see Renault and Team Lotus in there, although I worry that might change...

[yodasarmpit]

Hopefully the newly crowned DTM Champion - Paul DiResta will finally get a seat.

[UltimateDanGTR]

Looks like we're finally shot of the BMW Sauber name, what a horrible, horrible name that was. Glad to see Renault and Team Lotus in there, although I worry that might change...

my centiments exactly.

I also have a question; will Virgin still be registered as British, or will they be down as Russin for next year?

[Dr. Krogshöj]

No real suprises, but any reason why Schumacher is no.7 and Rosberg no.8? Surely Rosberg has earned the title of first driver after this season.

Schumacher likes odd numbers and Rosberg probably doesn't give a sh*t.

[Cooper_S]

Looks like we're finally shot of the BMW Sauber name, what a horrible, horrible name that was. Glad to see Renault and Team Lotus in there, although I worry that might change...

Yawn... let it go for petes sake, teams come and go and names change even when the team dosen't. BMW's time in F1 was OK, not stellar but not disastereous by a long way...

Had the Parent BMW Group not shifted it's core goal to more eco-freindly image BMW, I have no doubt would have been stronger than their final year showed.

As for Sauber, BMW had no say in keeping the name that was the FIA, I sure BMW would have prefered to see the name dropped once they departed just as much as Sauber wanted it.





Anyway... back on topic, Is the published list meant also to be the car number each driver will race, The FIA I am guessing only go by what the teams submit. The list also has Jenson #3 and Lewis #4.

[DazzlaF1]

So what have we got left

RENAULT: 1 seat
Cant see it being anyone other than Vitaly Petrov to be honest

WILLIAMS: 1 seat
The longer it goes on, the more I think it'll be Pastor Maldonado

FORCE INDIA: 2 seats
Not really sure about who'll get one of them but im fairly confident the other will be Paul di Resta

TORO ROSSO: 2 seats
Seeing they have Buemi and Alguersuari under contract for 2011 im suprised they left both entries blank, maybe Mateschitz is having 2nd thoughts on one of them (probably Buemi)

HRT: 2 seats
Drivers I think at the moment are the last thing on their mind, wondering wether they'll even be on the grid is more important for them in my view.

MARUSSIA VIRGIN: 2 seats
Timo Glock I think is a shoe in for the lead seat but I think the new shareholders Marussia will probably want a Russian driver in the 2nd car and that makes me lean towards Mikhail Aleshin (the 2010 Renault World Series champ) getting the seat.

[Cooper_S]

Force India could be Nico Hulkenberg.

[CNR]

Looks like we're finally shot of the BMW Sauber name, what a horrible, horrible name that was.

http://blogs.bettor.com/Sauber-still-unsure-about-their-name-for-2011-a43495
Sauber still unsure about their name for 2011


there were rumours that the team might change its name to Sauber F1 Team

Sauber F1 Team officially confirmed ?

[CNR]

could one of the top drivers be left with out a drive

Adrian Sutil ?

[Cooper_S]

could one of the top drivers be left with out a drive

Adrian Sutil ?

Sutil... an established driver for sure, but a top driver... really?

[Dr. Krogshöj]

What's the hold up with the Williams-Maldonado deal? Maybe Adrian Sutil with some Medion money thrown in?

[maximilian]

I am hoping there will be some movement after all, something like:

Sutil to Renault... I would rather see him at Williams, though, but it seems hard to imagine that Maldonado won't get that seat, given Williams' sponsor maelstrom, which was pretty much the only reason they got rid of Hülkenberg.

Petrov to Marussia. Seems like a perfect fit in so many ways.

Hülkenberg and di Resta at Force India - that would be a cracking line-up. Goodbye, Liuzzi!

Alguersuari and Ricciardo at Toro Rosso. Or Buëmi and Ricciardo at Toro Rosso! But RICCIARDO at Toro Rossssssooooooo!! Darn it!!

HRT? Anybody's guess, and I agree, they have shown no signs of being alive next season, no word on progress on a new car (which is why they wanted to buy the Toyota - if they can't foot the bill for the Toyotas even with their heralded new Spanish investor, it doesn't bode well for their survival...). I would LIKE to see Klien back there, perhaps alongside Senna.

That leaves 2 other pretty talked about names rideless... Heidfeld (yet again!) and Chandhok, who seems to have quite a few people in F1 who want him to race next year. Maybe one of them can pull a surprise and end up in a race seat after all... I would imagine that Chandhok at least is on the short list for HRT. Heidfeld has to be on everybody's short list, but he always seems to come up... short. Maybe he should shave!

[ioan]

Heidfeld has to be on everybody's short list, but he always seems to come up... short. Maybe he should shave!

Nah, he only needs a better manager.

[wattoroos]

i remember last year that toro rosso had their drive pretty well confirmed but when the entry list came out, they had two vacant seats like this year.

unfortunately there doesnt seem to be many other driver swaps happening this year as no one from a bigger seat is moving and vacating space for another driver

[maximilian]

i remember last year that toro rosso had their drive pretty well confirmed but when the entry list came out, they had two vacant seats like this year.

unfortunately there doesnt seem to be many other driver swaps happening this year as no one from a bigger seat is moving and vacating space for another driver
Yeah, seems like those Webber to Ferrari, Massa to Renault, Schumacher to retire, Heidfeld/Hülkenberg to Mercedes, & Kimi to RedBull rumors have finally died down... too bad! :p :

[DexDexter]

Sutil... an established driver for sure, but a top driver... really?

Sutil has never shown anything that makes him "top". Journeyman (at that stage) Fisi had better results at Force India when they were competitive.

[maximilian]

Sutil has never shown anything that makes him "top". Journeyman (at that stage) Fisi had better results at Force India when they were competitive.
I'm with you there. Sure, he's shown some speed occasionally, but to me, Sutil is the second most consistently overhyped driver in F1. I think we all know who #1 is in that department! :D

[ArrowsFA1]

Pastor Maldonado has been confirmed at Williams - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88547

[DexDexter]

Pastor Maldonado has been confirmed at Williams - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88547

I'll call it good news because Williams gets a lot of money and probably an OK driver who can potentially widen F1's fanbase as well.

[jens]

Whatever is going to happen, it looks like Heidfeld is going to be out of a drive again. Now also the age-factor is working against him. For instance despite getting beaten by an 'old' team-mate Hülkenberg is viewed as a better prospect for the future and is more present in the silly season rumours than Heidfeld.



I also have a question; will Virgin still be registered as British, or will they be down as Russin for next year?

British, Virgin/Branson is still the majority owner of the team.

[DazzlaF1]

After todays news about Petrov, the 2011 grid is finally beginning to take shape

RED BULL RENAULT: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Germany), 2. Mark Webber (Australia)

McLAREN MERCEDES: 3. Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain), 4. Jenson Button (Great Britain)

FERRARI: 5. Fernando Alonso (Spain), 6. Felipe Massa (Brazil)

MERCEDES: 7. Michael Schumacher (Germany), 8. Nico Rosberg (Germany)

RENAULT-GROUP LOTUS: 9. Robert Kubica (Poland), 10. Vitaly Petrov (Russia)

WILLIAMS COSWORTH: 11. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil), 12. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela)

FORCE INDIA MERCEDES: 14. ???????, 15. ????????

TELMEX SAUBER FERRARI: 16. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan), 17. Sergio Perez (Mexico)

TORO ROSSO FERRARI: 18. ????????, 19. ????????

TEAM LOTUS RENAULT: 20. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland), 21. Jarno Trulli (Italy)

HISPANIA COSWORTH: 22. ????????, 23. ????????

MARUSSIA VIRGIN COSWORTH: 24. Timo Glock (Germany), 25. Jerome d'Ambrosio (Belgium)

DRIVERS STILL HOPEFUL
Nico Hulkenberg, Adrian Sutil, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Paul di Resta, Sebastien Buemi, Jaime Alguersuari, Daniel Ricciardo, Bruno Senna, Sakon Yamamoto, Christian Klien, Karun Chandhok, Nick Heidfeld, Pedro de la Rosa, Lucas di Grassi, Mikhail Aleshin

[gloomyDAY]

Ricciardo and Alguersuari in Toro Rosso.

Nico H. and Sutil in Force India.

This is what I hope for, but we'll see if it comes to fruition.

[Bolton Midnight]

Nico H. and Sutil in Force India.



That would be a good pairing I think, they would both push each other

How long is Massa's contract?

Guess that means Kimi is rallying again.

[ShiftingGears]

Ricciardo and Alguersuari in Toro Rosso.

Nico H. and Sutil in Force India.

This is what I hope for, but we'll see if it comes to fruition.

I will be extremely surprised if FI change their line-up. They usually resort to sitting on their hands when tough driver decisions have to be made.

Ricciardo won't have a race seat until mid year, at least. Who knows what will happen if Buemi starts being Alguersuari again.

[jens]

I hope Force India takes di Resta over Hülkenberg, if they are weighing those two currently. The GP2 champion is worthy of staying in F1, of course, but Paul has got zero chances in F1 so far, is older than Hulk and has been waiting for his opportunity for many years already.

[odykas]

Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team

7. Michael Schumacher
8. Nico Rosberg

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