2011 F1 entry list confirms Sauber name change
2011 F1 season
Sergio Perez, Sauber, Abu Dhabi, 2010
The FIA has published the drivers and teams entry list for the 2011 F1 season as it stands.
The list shows 14 drivers confirmed in the 24 places available on the grid next year.
Among the few changes are Sauber changing their official name from “BMW Sauber” to “Sauber”.
The list indicates Lotus will retain the same driver line-up of Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen.
Neither of Toro Rosso’s drivers are confirmed despite the team announcing in July that Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari would be retained.
2011 F1 entry list as published by the FIA
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel (DEU) | Red Bull Racing (AUT) | Red Bull Racing Renault |
| 2 | Mark Webber (AUS) | Red Bull Racing (AUT) | Red Bull Racing Renault |
| 3 | Jenson Button (GBR) | Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes (GBR) | McLaren Mercedes |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton (GBR) | Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes (GBR) | McLaren Mercedes |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso (ESP) | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro (ITA) | Ferrari |
| 6 | Felipe Massa (BRA) | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro (ITA) | Ferrari |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher (DEU) | Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team (DEU) | Mercedes |
| 8 | Nico Rosberg (DEU) | Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team (DEU) | Mercedes |
| 9 | Robert Kubica (POL) | Renault F1 Team (FRA) | Renault |
| 10 | TBA | Renault F1 Team (FRA) | Renault |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello (BRA) | AT&T Williams (GBR) | Williams Cosworth |
| 12 | TBA | AT&T Williams (GBR) | Williams Cosworth |
| 14 | TBA | Force India F1 Team (IND) | Force India Mercedes |
| 15 | TBA | Force India F1 Team (IND) | Force India Mercedes |
| 16 | Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) | Sauber F1 Team (CHE) | Sauber Ferrari |
| 17 | Sergio Perez Mendoza (MEX) | Sauber F1 Team (CHE) | Sauber Ferrari |
| 18 | TBA | Scuderia Toro Rosso (ITA) | STR Ferrari |
| 19 | TBA | Scuderia Toro Rosso (ITA) | STR Ferrari |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli (ITA) | Team Lotus (MAL) | Lotus Renault |
| 21 | Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) | Team Lotus (MAL) | Lotus Renault |
| 22 | TBA | HRT F1 Team (ESP) | HRT Cosworth |
| 23 | TBA | HRT F1 Team (ESP) | HRT Cosworth |
| 24 | TBA | Marussia Virgin Racing (GBR) | Virgin Cosworth |
| 25 | TBA | Marussia Virgin Racing (GBR) | Virgin Cosworth |
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Chippie said on 30th November 2010, 17:19
Wow, Luizzi hasn’t been registered yet! After all of his claims that he has a contract for 2011 you would think that both he and his agent would be getting a bit worked up over this list!
Prisoner Monkeys said on 1st December 2010, 7:34
It’s not actually that uncommon for a driver to not appear on the entry list even when he has a contract in place. There were a few this time last year who had signed agreements with various teams that were omitted from the entry list. There will be another one released ahead of the winter testing season that will include more detail.
Chippie said on 1st December 2010, 10:21
True, but I’d still feel a bit nervous until my name was on that sheet.
Damon said on 30th November 2010, 17:23
Why is der DEU next to German drivers instead of GER?
This is not a Deutsch speaking forum, is it? :)
Dizzy-A (@david-a) said on 30th November 2010, 17:47
Well, who cares. It’s like “ESP” for Spain.
Feynman said on 30th November 2010, 17:50
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 Country Codes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3
A bit of a weird mix, DEU and ESP, fair enough, using native spellings, cool, but then Red Bull AUT suddenly lurches back to English, surely OST would be more correct, and avoid Australia aswell.
You then find the Swiss Saubers using Latin – Confoederatio Helvetica, CHE, so by that point, all bets are off. It’s just take your pick.
US_Peter (@us_peter) said on 30th November 2010, 19:37
That is a bit bizarre. Nice one spotting the Latin!
BasCB said on 30th November 2010, 19:55
I guess the countries that were involved in actually defining the standard (mostly West European and North America) choose their own. From there on it’s a lot about Anglocentric choises. And as a lot of codes are given, it is not always possible to change, if coutries request such a change.
Switzerland might have taken the latin one, as it would be hard to agree on another language (take your pick from German, French, Italian and Retro Romanian as official languages in the federation!)
Klon said on 30th November 2010, 21:00
The problem with Austria is that it technically would be ÖST, which QWERTY keyboards obviously cannot handle quite as easy.
John H said on 30th November 2010, 18:46
Any ideas on when the top 4 teams retained both their drivers last? Must be quite a while ago.
Calum said on 30th November 2010, 19:24
J3NSON BUTTON
LEWIS H4MILTON
;)
BasCB said on 30th November 2010, 19:56
LOL, nice spot Calum
HounslowBusGarage said on 30th November 2010, 19:42
I thought Williams were losing their AT&T sponsorship, or did I just dream that?
BasCB said on 30th November 2010, 19:56
Maybe they resigned for another year with less money?
Prisoner Monkeys said on 30th November 2010, 23:10
Nope, they’re losing RBS, Philips, AirAisa and McGregor.
Azzy said on 30th November 2010, 22:54
6 of each engine, nice balance, sorry if mentioned – I skimmed :)
Prisoner Monkeys said on 30th November 2010, 23:09
I find it interesting that Jenson Button is #3 and Lewis Hamilton is #4. Hamilton finished ahead of Button in the drivers’ standings, so normally you’d expect McLaren to give him the higher-priority number. But they apear to have gone alphabetical.
sumedh said on 1st December 2010, 0:41
When I first saw 100 comments, I thought some major controversy had happened. But reading the comments made for an amusing read. Names, numbers – all banal things. Keith, its about time the drivers’ ratings or the top teams’ season review started coming.
Next year we are going to have each engine manufacturer power exactly 3 different teams. If only Cosworth decide to make one of their supplier as their works team, the symmetry would be complete.
wasiF1 (@wasif1) said on 1st December 2010, 1:49
Technically Roseberg still haven’t singed any official agreement with Mercedes for 2011.I am surprised that they retain Trulli probably for his experience.Renault will have Petrov while Williams will go for Maldonado. The
most interesting will be the line up for Force India, I think Sutil alone with Hulkenberg or Di Resta will be great with Karun their third driver.Good to see Sauber getting it’s original name back.
Buj said on 1st December 2010, 5:34
Rosberg is signed for 2011. It was part of his original deal with the team.
Stephen Jones (@aus_steve) said on 1st December 2010, 8:22
rosberg’s a bullet as well, i can’t see him leaving..
antonyob said on 1st December 2010, 9:07
and the chief engineer of williams, Sam Michael is Australian so are Williams part Australian?
antonyob said on 1st December 2010, 9:15
Chapman is just one in a long line of British engineering geniuses who are brilliant at making everything except money. Apart from a brief period in the Victorian era, we always have been.
If we’d invented the ipod it wouldve been twice as good but looked like a cabbage with about the same lifespan.
HounslowBusGarage said on 1st December 2010, 20:46
Thanks for that. I laughed a lot!
VXR said on 2nd December 2010, 17:16
Team update:
And for those that got overly peed-off about Hamilton not being #3:
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/f1releases/2010/Pages/f1_2011_entry.aspx
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 2nd December 2010, 18:04
Updated here: 2011 F1 drivers and teams