2010 - Summary

[FB]

We have had a similar thread to this previously but I thought it worth summarising things and including the team/engine combinations. It also gives me a chance to use my favourite quote from Donald Rumsfeld "There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know"

So how does that relate to the car/driver/engine line ups for 2010? Well, on the face of it we appear to know very little. Drivers shown below in yellow have contracts with their team for 2010 but many rumours surround Kimi Raikkonen; drivers in orange are seriously strong rumours. Engines shown in green are confirmed. If any one would like to add to the rumours let me know and I will add them in.

Team	Engine	Driver 1	Driver 2	Rumours/Notes
Mercedes	Mercedes	Rosberg	M Schumacher
Hispania Racing Team	Cosworth	Senna	Chandhok
Ferrari	Ferrari	Massa	Alonso
Force India	Mercedes	Sutil	Liuzzi
Lotus	Cosworth	Trulli	Kovaleinen
Virgin Racing	Cosworth	Glock	di Grassi
McLaren	Mercedes	Hamilton	Button
Red Bull	Renault	Vettel	Webber
Renault	Renault	Kubica	Petrov
Sauber	Ferrari	Kobayashi	de la Rosa
Team USF1	Cosworth			Withdrawn?
Toro Rosso	Ferrari	Buemi	Alguersuari
Williams	Cosworth	Hulkenberg	Barrichello
Toyota	Toyota			Withdrawn
Stefan F1	Toyota	Villeneuve	Nakajima	Not approved by FIA

 

[teabagyokel]

Hakkinen? Am I thinking that may be a bit unlikely?

Rumours: de la Rosa > Campos
Wurz > USF1
Kovalainen/Kubica > Williams

I'm sure there's more elsewhere on this site!

 

[Brogan]

Nice work FB, good to have it all on one thread.

There are quite a few confirmations/rumours on this thread: 2010 Driver Lineup

 

[FB]

Quite right TBY - brain fade on my part

Chart now includes all the rumours from the previous thread.

 

[O_Danny_Boy]

You can take Patrick off the USF1 list as well, she has signed on to run Indy and a partial stock car developmental deal for Tony Stewart next season...

 

[Brogan]

It's not team or driver related but as it's to do with 2010, it's worth posting here.

Some of this is still provisional so I will update it as and when new information becomes available.

The 2010 Calendar

Race	Date	Local Time	GMT Time	Grand Prix	Circuit	Location	Laps
1	14 March	15:00	13:00	Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	Sakhir	57
2	28 March	17:00	07:00	Australia	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit (Albert Park)	Melbourne	58
3	4 April	16:00	09:00	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	Kuala Lumpur	56
4	18 April	15:00	08:00	China	Shanghai International Circuit	Shanghai	56
5	9 May	14:00	13:00	Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	Barcelona	66
6	23 May	14:00	13:00	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	Monte Carlo	78
7	30 May	15:00	13:00	Turkey	Istanbul Park	Istanbul	58
8	13 June	18:00	13:00	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	Montreal	70
9	27 June	14:00	13:00	Europe	Valencia Street Circuit	Valencia	57
10	11 July	13:00	13:00	Great Britain	Donington Park	Leicestershire	50
11	25 July	14:00	13:00	Germany	Nürburgring	Nürburg	60
12	1 August	14:00	13:00	Hungary	Hungaroring	Budapest	70
13	29 August	14:00	13:00	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa	44
14	12 September	14:00	13:00	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Monza	53
15	26 September	20:00	13:00	Singapore	Marina Bay Street Circuit	Singapore	61
16	3 October	14:00	06:00	Japan	Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka	53
17	17 October	07:00	16:00	Korea	Korean International Circuit	Yeongam County	55
18	31 October	17:00	13:00	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina Circuit	Yas Island	55
19	14 November	14:00	17:00	Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos)	São Paulo	71

 

[Speshal]

I'll be driving for Skoda at Valencia.

 

[FB]

Bro - are they really planning to start the race in Korea at 7 a.m.?

 

[Brogan]

That's one of the provisional bits

I just put that in for now but no doubt it will change.
Korea is 9 hours ahead so unless it's a night race (unlikely) then it's going to be very early here in the UK.

 

[teabagyokel]

That'll be interesting. I assume they're not going to run FP1 at 4am. And will qualifying be a little later á la Singapore in order to run FP3?

 

[Brogan]

It will more than likely be that they do something similar to Melbourne.

 

[teabagyokel]

Now, remembering the 2002 World Cup, 3:30pm was about 9am in Britain. There seemed to be ample light on those summer mornings watching the French being eliminated... but I digress!

It would just be plain weird to have a Grand Prix at sunrise (and it should be in Japan anyway) but I'd be interested to know how they're going to do Practice and Quali. Surely it would be better to start mid-morning, at Primetime in Europe? The Brazillian GP has competed quite effectively with Strictly Go Prancing in the last two years...

It might annoy the X Factor lot if it had to set off domestics up and down the country of F1 vs X Factor again, but hell, annoying Cowell is what we should all be aiming to do! I know what I normally watch during Strictly vs X Factor (namely anything else) so It'd be great. As long as it finishes before Match of the Day. (Which of course it would because its on the BBC).

Then again, thats just Quali, for Sunday it'll be F1 vs Heartbeat or whatever the hell ITV sticks on on Sundays nowadays...

 

[cider_and_toast]

"Strictly Go Prancing"

Sounds like the challenge to find Ferraris next driver !!!

 

[Brogan]

Muddytalker has posted that BMW/Sauber will be using Ferrari engines next year:

http://cliptheapex.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=996&p=9744#p9743

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

Here's some extra rumours (i.e in addition to those listed in this article) according to James Allen at:

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/09/d ... this-week/

Barrichelo/Heidfeld -> Williams
Trulli -> Renault
Heidfeld -> Force India

 

[cider_and_toast]

Barichello/Heidfeld at Williams? I love the fact that Rubens seems to have done enough to get another drive in F1 and it must be great for him not to be linked with some good seats but I just can't see this one coming off. I've heard the Nick Heidfeld to Williams rumour today but not the Rubens one. I believe that Hulkenberg is as good as throwing Nakajima's kit out of his locker at Williams HQ as we type so its only going to be Rosbergs seat up for grabs.

 

[rufus_mcdufus]

Rubens to Williams rumour getting stronger!

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79043

 

[Brogan]

You can definitely update Alonso in Ferrari now FB.

 

[Brogan]

Apparently Toyota are in a race with Renault to land Kubica.

 

[cider_and_toast]

Don't know if anyone caught this during the Jap GP but Jarno Trulli has been linked with a drive at Lotus due to his links with Mike Gascgoyne.

It's the first name I've heard in connection with the new team so I thought it would be worth sticking in the "rumour column".