2015 Confirmed Drivers

[Agent Orange]

Amongst all the silly season - some facts. Suggest we update when we have confirmation.

This is, so far as I can tell, the current list of drivers for 2015. I've included Alonso at Ferrari because no one credible, and I'm including LdM, have stated Alonso is not driving with Ferrari next year.

Team	Driver	Driver
Mercedes	Hamilton	Rosberg
Red Bull	Ricciardo	Kvyat
Williams	Bottas	Massa
Force India	Hulkenberg	Perez
Torro Rosso	Verstappen	TBC
Lotus	Maldonado	TBC
Sauber	Ericsson	Nasr
McLaren	TBC	TBC
Ferrari	Alonso	Raikkonen
Caterham	?	?
Manor	?	?

There's the test/reserve drivers too so some current F1 drivers could end up there.

Anyway looks like my predicitions back in late September were fairly wide of the mark!!!!

Agent Orange said:

I think…

Vettel to Ferrari
Alonso to McLaren
Magnussen to Force India
Perez to Ferrari
Vergne to Red Bull
Rosberg to Williams
Bottas to Mercedes
Chilton to Formula E

Edited by Agent Orange on Thursday 6th November 12:42

[ukaskew]

Surely this should only include drivers actually confirmed for next season? Even if drivers have ongoing contracts the teams will usually announce their driver line up officially at some stage. Therefore Alonso and Raikkonen should be replaced by question marks for now, possibly some others too.

Edited by ukaskew on Thursday 6th November 12:45

[Teppic]

Agent Orange said:

Amongst all the silly season - some facts. Suggest we update when we have confirmation.

>snip<

Might be best to set it up as a Wiki, that way the topic doesn't get filled up with comments and run in to x number of pages. By setting it up as a regular forum topic, only you or a Mod can update the original post, so any updates can find themselves buried on other pages and missed.

I did the one for the 2014 season filling it with as much detail as I could find, even down the the race start times for the events (when they became available), and whether they were shown exclusively on Sky or not. Latest updates were described in bold.

I might see about setting up the Wiki this evening, or you can if you want. I've been holding off because this has simply been the silliest silly season in years!

[Blayney]

I find it interesting that there's an outside possibility of Vettel ending up in the midfield.

[Satsuma]

isn't he already in the midfield?. And going to Ferrari seems to be going backwards unless he knows something we don't.

[Jasandjules]

Satsuma said:

isn't he already in the midfield?. And going to Ferrari seems to be going backwards unless he knows something we don't.

I guess he has to hope that the Ferrari suits his style more than the Red Bull and/or that they are going to really upgrade for next season.

[r4r5]

Jasandjules said:

I guess he has to hope that the Ferrari suits his style more than the Red Bull and/or that they are going to really upgrade for next season.

The Red Bull still has arguably the best chassis on the grid, the same can't be said for the Ferrari. If anything he'll find it more difficult to drive.

[BritishRacinGrin]

r4r5 said:

The Red Bull still has arguably the best chassis on the grid

Absolutely, this has been traded off for straight line pace towards the second half of the season by the fitment of the skinny rear wing but the chassis and aero available to Red Bull is still probably the best and if they come up with an improved powertrain I'd expect to see them right up there.

I quite liked the look of the Ferrari in pre-season testing, mostly because it appeared to be comparatively reliable, but it's become evident that it's still a bit awkward to handle and the engine may be little / no better than the Renault.

Vettel's move to Ferrari is either a long game move in an attempt to emulate Schumacher or he just wanted out of Red Bull and saw it as an opportunity to put a tick in the 'Drive the red car' box.

[Europa1]

Jasandjules said:

Satsuma said:

isn't he already in the midfield?. And going to Ferrari seems to be going backwards unless he knows something we don't.

I guess he has to hope that the Ferrari suits his style more than the Red Bull and/or that they are going to really upgrade for next season.

There are rumours (denied by Raikkonen this week) that Ferrari's 2015 car is worse aerodynamically than this year's car.

[Agent Orange]

Teppic said:

Might be best to set it up as a Wiki, that way the topic doesn't get filled up with comments and run in to x number of pages. By setting it up as a regular forum topic, only you or a Mod can update the original post, so any updates can find themselves buried on other pages and missed.

I did the one for the 2014 season filling it with as much detail as I could find, even down the the race start times for the events (when they became available), and whether they were shown exclusively on Sky or not. Latest updates were described in bold.

I might see about setting up the Wiki this evening, or you can if you want. I've been holding off because this has simply been the silliest silly season in years!

I have zero idea how you setup a wiki in these forums. Hell it took a bit of effort to find out how to do a nice table!

If you can do it go for it otherwise when I have an update I'll change the original post. Don't expect real time updates though!

[parabolica]

Blayney said:

I find it interesting that there's an outside possibility of Vettel ending up in the midfield.

I reckon Ferarri are more likely to pay off Kimi again and have Vettel and Alonso race for them if it came to that...

[Crafty_]

Mallya confirmed Perez for 2015 at Force India, was on the Sky F1 show a few minutes ago

[Crafty_]

KMag to stay ?

Danish Article said:

Do you think McLaren still that Kevin may one day be world champion?

- Yes, of course, or he would not be with us. It is up to us to give him a good car and make sure that he can develop further. Is it fast enough, he wins not. But if you have to conclude after the first year, it is very positive, says team boss Eric Boullier to Ekstra Bladet.

http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/anden_sport/motorsport/formel_et/article5293029.ece


Further to the Perez news above, the team say he's confirmed, Perez himself said not quite yet but very soon... strange.