Official 2008 F1 driver line-up

[sniff petrol]

Ok so let keep this one just for officially confirmed drivers and keep speculation on other threads, feel free to update the list when other teams confirm drivers, and correct any that may be wrong!


Ferrari: Kimi Räikkönen + Felipe Massa

BMW: Nick Heidfeld + Robert Kubica

Renault: TBA

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

[castrolcraig]

team spantard racing sponsored by mothercare dummies,

driver..... The Spantard.

[Carbon-Me1]

Were Mclaren not meant to be entering a B Team with Prodrive this year, or is that next year?

[LocoBlade]

Carbon-Me1 said:

Were Mclaren not meant to be entering a B Team with Prodrive this year, or is that next year?

Not been reading the motorsport news much recently?

Prodrive have been forced to withdraw because Williams threatened to go to court over the legitimacy of their entry (using customer 2008 Mclarens), and because the new Concorde agreement hasnt been signed, its all a bit up in the air whether customer cars (ie Aguri and Torro Rosso) will be allowed long term at all, so Prodrive couldnt enter with so much uncertainty and no long term security.

[LocoBlade]

TVR moneypit said:

I thought that Barrachello had retired?

Nope

[flemke]

LocoBlade said:

TVR moneypit said:

I thought that Barrachello had retired?

Nope

Well, the precise answer may depend on the sense in which one means "retired".

[LocoBlade]

LOL quite true

[minimatt1967]

castrolcraig said:

team spantard racing sponsored by mothercare dummies,

driver..... The Spantard.

big alonso fan eh?

[flemke]

TVR moneypit said:

flemke said:

LocoBlade said:

TVR moneypit said:

I thought that Barrachello had retired?

Nope

Well, the precise answer may depend on the sense in which one means "retired".

Hold on. Wasnt there a big fanfare for him at the final GP of 2007, (Brazil), hence why I was under the impression that he had retired? Isn't he now getting pretty close to Riccardo Patreses record for the highest number of Grnd Prix started?

There was some pre-Brazil GP speculation that he might retire, although that was not taken seriously by most people. Honda had issued a press release in July stating that Button and Barrichello would be their drivers in '08.
Barrichello has had 249 career starts; Patrese had 257.

[another 3 points]

Testing times for Ralf.
Recon he wont get a drive next season but big brother may get him a seat testing in Maranello. Something tells me he'd be too proud to take hand outs, even though it will see him in a good position for an 09 seat.

T

[Miss Pitstop]

another 3 points said:

Testing times for Ralf.
Recon he wont get a drive next season but big brother may get him a seat testing in Maranello. Something tells me he'd be too proud to take hand outs, even though it will see him in a good position for an 09 seat.

T

I'm not sure big bro would risk his reputation to recommend him to be honest. And the humilation of only getting a job because of Schuie senior would surely be too much to take, although his desperation for a drive has already made for pityful reading.

[Graham]

oh crap I still see barichello as a new boy... I must be getting old !!!!

[castrolcraig]

minimatt1967 said:

castrolcraig said:

team spantard racing sponsored by mothercare dummies,

driver..... The Spantard.

big alonso fan eh?

huge alonso fan, in facr id gladly drop him from a plane, without a chute.......

[RossiT]

I think something like this:

Ferrari: Kimi Räikkönen + Felipe Massa

BMW: Nick Heidfeld + Robert Kubica

Renault: Piquet + Fisi

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 + Fernando Alonso

Super Aguri: Sato + Rubens Barrichello

Force India: Adrian Sutil + Liuzzi/Klein/Ralf

McLaren: Lewis Hamilton + Heikki Kovalainen

[sniff petrol]

RossiT said:

I think something like this:

Ferrari: Kimi Räikkönen + Felipe Massa

BMW: Nick Heidfeld + Robert Kubica

Renault: Piquet + Fisi

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 + Fernando Alonso

Super Aguri: Sato + Rubens Barrichello

Force India: Adrian Sutil + Liuzzi/Klein/Ralf

McLaren: Lewis Hamilton + Heikki Kovalainen

Yeah but the point of this thread was to have a definative list, there's plenty of others threads for speculation of who could be going where.

[minimatt1967]

castrolcraig said:

minimatt1967 said:

castrolcraig said:

team spantard racing sponsored by mothercare dummies,

driver..... The Spantard.

big alonso fan eh?

huge alonso fan, in facr id gladly drop him from a plane, without a chute.......

Sounds like a reasonable idea, but i think you'd have to let the area below know just in case the irritating tw#t survived and started trying to blame ron dennis or mcClaren or blah or blah or blah... i think a nice magnum 44 should cure all their ills

[castrolcraig]

minimatt1967 said:

castrolcraig said:

minimatt1967 said:

castrolcraig said:

team spantard racing sponsored by mothercare dummies,

driver..... The Spantard.

big alonso fan eh?

huge alonso fan, in facr id gladly drop him from a plane, without a chute.......

Sounds like a reasonable idea, but i think you'd have to let the area below know just in case the irritating tw#t survived and started trying to blame ron dennis or mcClaren or blah or blah or blah... i think a nice magnum 44 should cure all their ills

problem with that idea is that his chin would probably deflect the bullet in the general direction of ron dennis, or LH....

[sniff petrol]

Ferrari: Kimi Räikkönen + Felipe Massa

BMW: Nick Heidfeld + Robert Kubica

Renault: Alonso + Fisichella

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

[Jungles]

sniff petrol said:

Renault: Alonso + Fisichella

Isn't Alonso paired with Piquet Jnr?

[Gold]

Jungles said:

sniff petrol said:

Renault: Alonso + Fisichella

Isn't Alonso paired with Piquet Jnr?