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The 2009 season has ended, with Jenson Button taking the honours along with his team Brawn Mercedes. Now lets discuss upon the approaching season, which driver is going where, which team is using which engine, etc, etc.

Here is the list so far

McLaren-Mercedes

Race drivers

Lewis Hamilton (has 2010 contract)
Jenson Button(Almost Confirmed)

Test drivers

Pedro de la Rosa (2009)
Gary Paffett (2009)

Scuderia Ferrari

Race drivers

Fernando Alonso (has 2010 contract)
Felipe Massa (has 2010 contract) 

Test drivers

Giancarlo Fisichella (has 2010 contract)
Luca Badoer (2009)h
Marc Gené (2009)

Renault F1 Team

Race drivers

Robert Kubica (has 2010 contract) 

Test drivers

TBC

Scuderia Toro Rosso

Race drivers

Sebastien Buemi (2009)

Red Bull Racing

Race drivers

Mark Webber (has 2010 contract) |
Sebastian Vettel (has 2010 contract) | 

Williams-Cosworth

Race drivers

Rubens Barrichello (has 2010 contract) |
Nico Hülkenberg (has 2010 contract) | 

Test drivers

TBC

Force India F1 Team

Race drivers

Test drivers

TBC

Mercedes Grand Prix

Race drivers

Mercedes has taken over the Brawn team.

Test drivers

TBC

Campos Meta 1

Race drivers

Bruno Senna (has 2010 contract) 

Test drivers

TBC

Team USF1

Race and test drivers

TBC

Manor Grand Prix

Race drivers

Timo Glock (has 2010 contract) | 

Test drivers

TBC

Lotus

Race and test drivers

TBC

Latest news is that Kimi Raikonnen is taking a sabttical for the next season, while Jenson Button is joining the Mclaren team. This most certainly means a Mercedes seat for Nick Heidfeld, along with Nico Rosberg, both of whom are to be confirmed.

Edited by rahul1810 - 18 Nov 2009 at 5:51pm

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Some of the latest articles regarding the teams

Button signs with Mclaren
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/091118130609.shtml

Raikonnen taking a break
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/091118091454.shtml




Edited by rahul1810 - 18 Nov 2009 at 5:55pm

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F1 team bosses are jackasses. How can Kimi be without a contract. This is bull-poop!!

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Kimi stands to earn more with taking a break, because then Ferrari shall have to pay him more, and he can look into rallying in which he has serious interest.

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Mclaren did not accept his terms and so Kimi decided to do what he likes, Rallying. Anyway he will still be making a lot of money by not racing in F1, even more than most of the drivers this year. Many will miss the Iceman though including me, he is the COOLEST one!

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Ya I think this is the person who smiled the least on winning. Eddie Jordan has just recently said that if there are any drivers currently on the grid who can win a race on a car that does not deserve to win, its Kimi, Alonso and Hamilton, and probably Vettel but he needs to prove himself a little bit more.

Interestingly Nelson Piquet has made a statement that he is in talks with the Force India team.
Also reports are coming of Trulli in talks with Lotus.
There was a rumour about Sutil going off to Reanult too, but nothing is sure about Renaults future as of now.


I dont know how others view it, but I would not be betting against either a Ferrari or a McLaren for this years constructor championship, bcos with team combinations like Alonso-Massa and Hamilton-Button, its hard to see how others will be able to perform better as a team.

For the drivers title, I feel the fight will be between the Ferrari and Mclaren Drivers. Other contenders are Vettel and Rosberg(if reports of him joining Mercedes GP are true).

UPDATE
Just received the following news
1.Raikonnen management might be in talks with the Mercedes GP team. The main factor is whether Mercedes allow him rallying
2. Pedro Dela Rosa, the McLaren test driver might be in the foray for a Force India seat



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I would love to see Rosberg in a Ferrari or a McLaren. that guy seemed like championship material the day he made his debut. He has imroved consistantly and would do really well if he gets one of these cars.

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Schumacher might actually return-Eddie Jodan

This is the latest news regarding the teams. Schumacher supposedly is in talks with Mercedes GP, the ex Brawn GP, and the 2009 champions.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8368107.stm

I am sorry I had earlier dismissed the rumours reported of this happening, by another fellow member.