Official 2008 F1 driver line-up

[JonRB]

Wouldn't something like this be better as a Wiki page rather than a discussion thread?

[sniff petrol]

Ferrari: Kimi Räikkönen + Felipe Massa

BMW: Nick Heidfeld + Robert Kubica

Renault: Alonso + Piquet jnr

Williams: Nico Rosberg + Kazuki Nakajima

Red Bull: David Coulthard + Mark Webber

Toyota: Jarno Trulli + Timo Glock

Toro Ross: Sebastian Vettel + Sébastien Bourdais

Honda: Jenson Button + Rubens Barrichello

Super Aguri: TBA

Force India:Adrian Sutil

McLaren: Lewis Hamilton + Heiki Kovalinen

(sorry for the error above)

[Jungles]

Latest official line-up with car numbers:

FERRARI
1-Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)
2-Felipe Massa (Brazil)

BMW SAUBER
3-Nick Heidfeld (Germany)
4-Robert Kubica (Poland)

RENAULT
5-Fernando Alonso (Spain)
6-Nelson Piquet (Brazil)

WILLIAMS
7-Nico Rosberg (Germany)
8-Kazuki Nakajima (Japan)

RED BULL
9-David Coulthard (Britain)
10-Mark Webber (Australia)

TOYOTA
11-Jarno Trulli (Italy)
12-Timo Glock (Germany)

TORO ROSSO
14-Sebastien Bourdais (France)
15-Sebastian Vettel (Germany)

HONDA
16-Jenson Button (Britain)
17-Rubens Barrichello (Brazil)

SUPER AGURI
18-Takuma Sato (Japan)
19-Anthony Davidson (Britain)

FORCE INDIA
20-Adrian Sutil (Germany)
21-To be announced

MCLAREN
22-Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
23-Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)

Only the other seat at Force India is to be confirmed. Fisi seems to be the most likely candidate.

Edited by Jungles on Sunday 6th January 15:13

[kusee pee]

Does this mean a return to prominent car numbering? I hope so, makes driver recognition so much easier.

[sniff petrol]

Jungles said:

Only the other seat at Force India is to be confirmed. Fisi seems to be the most likely candidate.

He gets all the best jobs.

[mko9]

kusee pee said:

Does this mean a return to prominent car numbering? I hope so, makes driver recognition so much easier.

On an otherwise crap car with a crap paint job, the large numbers on the endplates of the Honda rear wing did make telling the two cars apart a breeze.

[anonymous-user]

The SA drivers arnt signed/confirmed as of yet, they just had to nominate two driver names for the FIA entry deadline.

[1]

Jungles said:

FERRARI
1-Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)
2-Felipe Massa (Brazil)

BMW SAUBER
3-Nick Heidfeld (Germany)
4-Robert Kubica (Poland)

RENAULT
5-Fernando Alonso (Spain)
6-Nelson Piquet (Brazil)

TORO ROSSO
14-Sebastien Bourdais (France)
15-Sebastian Vettel (Germany)

MCLAREN
22-Lewis Hamilton (Britain)
23-Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)

Edited by Jungles on Sunday 6th January 15:13

Should be some close competition between team mates in this lot.

So who do you think will come out on top in each of these teams?

Here's my prediction;

Kimi
Kubica
Piquet
Vettel
Hamilton

[Gold]

1 said:

Kimi
Kubica
Piquet
Vettel
Hamilton

Piquet over the spantard?

[anonymous-user]

Kimi
Nick
Fred
Bordais
Lewis

[Jungles]

Kimi
Kubica
Alonso
Bourdais
Hamilton

[sniff petrol]

Gold said:

1 said:

Kimi
Kubica
Piquet
Vettel
Hamilton

Piquet over the spantard?

Can't see a rookie having a great year now that they've banned driver aids.

[1]

sniff petrol said:

Gold said:

1 said:

Kimi
Kubica
Piquet
Vettel
Hamilton

Piquet over the spantard?

Can't see a rookie having a great year now that they've banned driver aids.

Really? I would have thought it would be the other way round. When was the last time Alonso drove without driver aids? Where as Piquet has been driving without them far more recently. I know they were nothing like the power of F1 but I do think it will be a good year for Rookies as the existing F1 drivers will all have to adjust their driving as well. (Looking forward to the wet races!!!)

Although I have to say I am not entirely convinced Piquet will beat Alonso but I certainly think he will give him a good run for his money as he did Hamilton in GP2.

[skinny]

lack of driver aids will not faze alonso in the slightest i wouldn't have thought.

[Jungles]

Bourdais would probably have the biggest advantage without traction control. In terms of power-to-weight, Champ Cars and F1 are not much different. The key to his success will be his car's set up.

All F1 drivers have already proven themselves in lower formulae without traction control or other electronic driver aids. Furthermore, most of them have proven ability to adapt to different open-wheel racing cars very quickly. After pre-season testing, almost all of them will have adapted enough to be within 99% of their full racing potential.

Edited by Jungles on Monday 7th January 14:42