Who do you want to see in F1 in 2010?
23rd October 2009, 11:00 by Keith Collantine 154 Comments »
Bruno Senna could be in the F1 class of 2010
With potentially six new places available on the grid for F1 drivers in 2010 we’re set for an influx of new names next year.
Who will be the lucky half-dozen to get the places? Fresh new rookies? Experienced hands making comebacks? Third drivers hoping for race team promotions?
Here’s a list of some of the likely candidates – vote for the ones you most want to see in F1 next year.
You can pick up to six names from the list below. It includes a mix of drivers with F1 experience who might be looking for a way back in, and promising and/or well-backed rookies:
Who do you want to see in F1 next year?
- Bruno Senna (923 Votes)
- Lucas di Grassi (317 Votes)
- Vitaly Petrov (300 Votes)
- Andy Soucek (43 Votes)
- Giorgio Pantano (64 Votes)
- Pedro de la Rosa (213 Votes)
- Alexander Wurz (131 Votes)
- Marc Gene (38 Votes)
- Gary Paffett (132 Votes)
- Christian Klien (150 Votes)
- Anthony Davidson (461 Votes)
- Takuma Sato (301 Votes)
- Nelson Piquet Jnr (193 Votes)
- Franck Montagny (80 Votes)
- Christijan Albers (37 Votes)
- Nico Hülkenberg (598 Votes)
Total Voters: 1,819
Loading ...Here’s who I picked and why:
Anthony Davidson – Showed promise at Super Aguri before the team fizzled out. He’s a fine addition to the BBC commentary team but he’s too talented not to be racing.
Franck Montagny – Another talented driver who deserved a proper shot at F1, not a few perfunctory appearances for Super Aguri while they tried to find a Japanese driver to replace him with. Has shown good form in sports car and Indy Car racing since his last F1 appearance in 2006.
Bruno Senna – A strong second place in GP2 last year against a much more experienced champion.
Nico Hülkenberg – Very likely to get a seat and absolutely deserves it after storming this year’s GP2 championship.
Pedro de la Rosa – Stacks of experience and a nice bloke to boot – a fine choice for any of the new teams.
Lucas di Grassi – He’s blown hot and cold somewhat in GP2, but got a good response from Renault when he last tested for them.
More on these drivers
- Bruno Senna (Meet the rookies)
- Lucas di Grassi: Is he F1 material?
- Can Andy Soucek jump from F2 to F1?
- Giorgio Pantano beats Bruno Senna to the GP2 title – but will he reach F1?
- Wurz, Brabham and Gene win the Le Mans 24 Hours for Peugeot
- Christian Klien biography
- Alexander Wurz biography
- Pedro de la Rosa biography
- Anthony Davidson biography
- Takuma Sato biography
- Nelson Piquet Jnr biography
- Franck Montagny biography
- Christijan Albers biography
- Nico Hülkenberg (Meet the rookies)
- Nico Hülkenberg’s GP2 form points towards 2010 F1 debut for Williams
- Nico Hülkenberg wins GP2 title at Monza
Aaron said on 23rd October 2009, 11:06
Where is BETRAND BAGUETTE ?
He’s the chamion in the renault world series and very talented!!!
D Winn said on 23rd October 2009, 11:10
He drives for ‘Subway’
Macca said on 23rd October 2009, 13:49
A name to watch out for in the future is Daniel Riccardo, talented young Aussie and just won the British F3 Championship. I would love to see another Aussie in F1 racing along side Webber.
Anthony said on 23rd October 2009, 14:12
where is michael schumacher on the list????
Ned Flanders said on 23rd October 2009, 14:23
Where is Luca Badoer???
F1Yankee said on 23rd October 2009, 15:49
you stole my question!
Maciek said on 23rd October 2009, 16:04
Where is Kobayashi?
Chazzers said on 23rd October 2009, 16:07
Where is Luca? Probably off getting lapped somewhere.
Hallard said on 23rd October 2009, 17:59
Im not even sure Luca knows where he is…
F1Fan said on 23rd October 2009, 17:26
Anthony, right on !
djdaveyp said on 23rd October 2009, 11:06
it only let me pick 1 name!
donwatters said on 23rd October 2009, 19:53
I was only allowed one pick as well.
D Winn said on 23rd October 2009, 11:06
Max choices = 1 Keith !
Ronman said on 23rd October 2009, 11:21
same here….
where’s Bourdais, isn’t he even trying? or are the football cars enough for him?
DC said on 23rd October 2009, 11:10
I would like to see Jonathan Summerton, but I think he needs a tour in GP2 first. He’s done Formula BMW, Formula 3, A1GP and the Atlantic series, I believe, but now he needs to move up to GP2 for a season or two and prove himself.
mfDB said on 23rd October 2009, 16:47
He can’t get his superlicense in time. There is a decent article on USF1 and their driver thoughts in the F1-links on this site (the Donnington one, look for the Kyle Busch article).
windsor pretty much says that there are no US drivers that can get their superlicense in time….
Gman said on 24th October 2009, 2:14
I agree 100% about Summerton- I did an article with an interview with him for this site last year, he’s a fantastic guy with some real talent. If he dose need more time for a superlicense, I would love to see him bang wheels with some of the GP2 stars next season.
Randy said on 24th October 2009, 5:01
Agreed DC, Summerton needs more time before he is ready for F1. I do not like the current trend of throwing 19 year olds into the fray. To many are being spat out and washed up before they are 22. Having said that, I would like to see Robert Wickens get an opportunity. He has been competitive at every level.
AA said on 23rd October 2009, 11:11
Kobayashi isn’t on the list
IDR said on 23rd October 2009, 11:16
Here Here!!!!
Ace said on 23rd October 2009, 12:17
he’d get my vote
DomPrez said on 23rd October 2009, 14:02
+1
infact i think he is the next gen Sato. wreckless in a good way. his first race and he provided a great fight for a champion.
There’s just sumthing about Japanese kamakazi driving that gets my heart rate spiked!
IDR said on 23rd October 2009, 18:38
Wow!
Nelsinho with 19 votes!!!!!!
Family matters…..
IDR said on 23rd October 2009, 18:52
Sorry! wrong post..
Clay said on 25th October 2009, 23:30
I voted for him – for a new team he has some experience of tracks, is a former GP2 title holder, and imagine the press coverage you could offer sponsors? There would be a loot of it, especially early in the season and at the singapore race. Only offer him a 1 year contract and a performance based one at that though…
Ned Flanders said on 23rd October 2009, 11:18
Christian Albers? If he’s on the list, then why not Zsolt Baumgartner, Markus Winkelhock and Yuji Ide?
And what happened to Paul Di Resta- shouldn’t he be under consideration?
Jelle van der Meer said on 23rd October 2009, 12:47
Ned,
Robert Doornbos should be on the list before Christian Albers. Than Giedo van der Garde should also be there.
Do agree that Kobayashi certainly should be listed.
Ratboy said on 23rd October 2009, 21:39
I think Yuji Ide isn’t allowed in a F1 car after the Imola crash, didn’t he have his superlicense taken off him
Gman said on 24th October 2009, 2:17
Yes I believe Ide did have his superlicense revoked….haven’t heard anything on him since.
How did Albers wind up on the list? Is he planning some sort of comeback? I must admit that, even though they were going out as I was becoming interested in the sport, I did love those Dutch Orange Spyker cars
Lustigson said on 23rd October 2009, 11:18
Keith, either change the poll to radio buttons, or allow for multiple choices.
Richard Evans said on 23rd October 2009, 11:20
Paul di resta??
Gustav said on 23rd October 2009, 11:21
You need to fix the list, it says maximum one choice allowed. I’d love to see Sato and Kobayashi on the same team, that would be epic fun..!
pawelf1 said on 23rd October 2009, 11:23
Yes something was wrong with this woting i wanted:
Bruno Senna
Alex Wurz
Anthony Davidson
Takuma Sato
Frank Montagny
Pedro de la Rosa
steph90 said on 23rd October 2009, 11:33
I was told the same as the others, ‘maximum number of votes is 1′. Great idea though, and nice new way to do a poll
In no particular order:
Senna
Davidson
Petrov
di Grassi
Hulkenberg
Sato
Daniel said on 23rd October 2009, 11:57
Same problem… while it’s not fixed, here’s my list:
Senna
di Grassi
Hulkenberg
Klien
Wurz
Sato
Prisoner Monkeys said on 23rd October 2009, 11:36
Petrov
Hulkenberg
Senna
Kilen
Didn’t like any of the other choices, but I would like to see Summerton and perhaps Maldonado.
Luigismen said on 25th October 2009, 19:39
I’m with you on Maldonado, he’s got a lot of talent, just need to learn more
cholle said on 23rd October 2009, 11:43
Senna
di Grassi
Hulkenberg
Soucek
Davidson
and Kobayashi (he should be among the choices)
Adrian said on 23rd October 2009, 11:51
Nice to see Ant getting the most support!!
IDR said on 23rd October 2009, 11:57
“Nelson Piquet: 1 vote”
Congratulations Keith!
Nelsinho is a frequet reader of this blog!
GeeMac said on 23rd October 2009, 13:29
He has 2 votes now.. his popularity doubled during the day!
Sush Meerkat said on 23rd October 2009, 13:35
that’ll be his dad then!
DomPrez said on 23rd October 2009, 14:05
lol, sadly his dad voted for di Grassi…
Jr. just voted twice from a diferent computer…
Patrickl said on 23rd October 2009, 21:36
It’s probably people with bad hand eye coordination trying to vote for Sato.