The Official F1 2019 silly season *contains speculation*
Discussion
Vaud said:
tobinen said:
Can Giovinazzi be Ferrari reserve and Sauber race driver?
Yes. Apparently Ferrari have first call on him.Vaud said:
OK, as the OP I never thought this thread would last a week, it's been great to have all of the rumours running in one thread rather than scattered through the forum. And thanks for keeping it on track with no Lewis/Rosberg/Vettel "he's broken, etc" comments... much appreciated 
And what a silly season it was, I can't remember 25% of the grid changing before. So as it stands only a few reserve seats to be confirmed, the state of play:
Mercedes - Hamilton (44) – Bottas (77)
Reserve - Ocon
Ferrari - Vettel (5) – Leclerc (16)
Reserve - Giovinazzi
Red Bull - Verstappen (33) – Gasly (10)
Reserve - TBC
Renault – Ricciardo (3) – Hulkenberg (27)
Reserve - Jack Aitken?
HAAS – Grosjean (8) – Magnusson (20)
Reserve - Pietro Fittipald (test or reserve?)
McLaren - Sainz (55) - Norris (4)
Reserve - TBC
Racing Point - Perez (11) – Stroll (18)
Reserve - TBC
Sauber – Raikkonen (7) – Giovinazzi (99)
Reserve - Ericsson
Toro Rosso - Kvyat (26) - Albon (TBA)
Reserve - TBC
Williams – Russell (63) – Kubica (88)
Reserve - Nicholas Latifi
if anyone can help me fill in the blanks... I think Albon's number is TBA because he carried "5" in the lower formula and obviously Vettel has that one.
Albion has gone for 23...And what a silly season it was, I can't remember 25% of the grid changing before. So as it stands only a few reserve seats to be confirmed, the state of play:
Mercedes - Hamilton (44) – Bottas (77)
Reserve - Ocon
Ferrari - Vettel (5) – Leclerc (16)
Reserve - Giovinazzi
Red Bull - Verstappen (33) – Gasly (10)
Reserve - TBC
Renault – Ricciardo (3) – Hulkenberg (27)
Reserve - Jack Aitken?
HAAS – Grosjean (8) – Magnusson (20)
Reserve - Pietro Fittipald (test or reserve?)
McLaren - Sainz (55) - Norris (4)
Reserve - TBC
Racing Point - Perez (11) – Stroll (18)
Reserve - TBC
Sauber – Raikkonen (7) – Giovinazzi (99)
Reserve - Ericsson
Toro Rosso - Kvyat (26) - Albon (TBA)
Reserve - TBC
Williams – Russell (63) – Kubica (88)
Reserve - Nicholas Latifi
if anyone can help me fill in the blanks... I think Albon's number is TBA because he carried "5" in the lower formula and obviously Vettel has that one.
Stoffel Vandoorne just signed with Mercedes to do the sim work.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.vandoor...
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.vandoor...
thegreenhell said:
Just? That was announced in Abu Dhabi over a month ago.
I think his drive for the Mercedes affiliate HWA Formula E team was announced at Abu Dhabi, the test role is new.https://twitter.com/F1/status/1077236206524604417
FourWheelDrift said:
thegreenhell said:
Just? That was announced in Abu Dhabi over a month ago.
I think his drive for the Mercedes affiliate HWA Formula E team was announced at Abu Dhabi, the test role is new.https://twitter.com/F1/status/1077236206524604417
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/vandoorne-merce...
thegreenhell said:
FourWheelDrift said:
thegreenhell said:
Just? That was announced in Abu Dhabi over a month ago.
I think his drive for the Mercedes affiliate HWA Formula E team was announced at Abu Dhabi, the test role is new.https://twitter.com/F1/status/1077236206524604417
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/vandoorne-merce...
https://m.wheels24.co.za/FormulaOne/stoffel-vandoo...
Anyway, now fully confirmed & contract signed.
Mr Pointy said:
How many car races did Kimi compete in before he landed the F1 drive? 22 or something like that wasn't it?StevieBee said:
Mr Pointy said:
How many car races did Kimi compete in before he landed the F1 drive? 22 or something like that wasn't it?Wikipedia suggests 23 car races prior to F1: 1999 British FRenault Winter Series and 2000 FRenault UK Championship, winning 13 out of 23 events.
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