[Felipe Bomeny]

An ideal grid…. parentheses symbolize test drivers while an R represents rookie. Okay, here goes:

RED BULL

Vettel

Ricciardo

(Kvyat/Sainz)

STR

Vergne

Aleshin

(Kvyat/Sainz)

MERCEDES

Hulkenberg

Di Resta

(Sutil)

McLAREN

Hamilton

Rosberg

(Sims)

FORCE INDIA

Da Costa (R)

Chandhok

(Ebrahim)

RENAULT-LOTUS

Kobayashi

Charouz (R)

(D’Ambrosio)

TEAM LOTUS

Kovalainen

Razia

(Teixeira/Jeffri)

HRT

Karthikeyan

Valsecchi

(Texeira)

MARUSSIA

Wickens

Glock

(Lukashevich/Haryanto)

SAUBER

Gutierrez

A. Rossi

(Calado)

WILLIAMS

Maldonado

Bottas

(Monras)

HONDA

K. Sato (R)

Petrov

[Polishboy808]

RED BULL

Vettel

Ricciardo

(Hulkenberg)

STR

Vergne

Aleshin

(Kvyat/Sainz)

MERCEDES

Heidfeld

Di Resta

(Sutil)

McLAREN

Hamilton

Paffet

(Sims)

FORCE INDIA

Da Costa (R)

Chandhok

(Karthikeyan)

RENAULT-LOTUS

Kubica

D’Ambrosio

(Varhaug/Czaczyk)

TEAM LOTUS

Kovalainen

Razia

(Teixeira)

HRT

Liuzzi

Hulkenberg

(Aleshin)

MARUSSIA

Wickens

Glock

(Lukashevich/Haryanto)

SAUBER

Kobayashi

Perez

WILLIAMS

Maldonado

Ericsson

(Morad)

[Mack41]

RED BULL

Vettel

Ricciardo

(Buemi)

STR

Vergne

Aleshin

(Kvyat/Sainz)

MERCEDES

Hulkenberg

Di Resta

McLAREN

Hamilton

Paffet

(Sims)

FORCE INDIA

Da Costa (R)

Rosberg

(Karthikeyan)

RENAULT-LOTUS

Kovalainen

D’Ambrosio

(Varhaug/Czaczyk)

TEAM LOTUS

Fauzy (R)

Razia

(Teixeira)

MARUSSIA

Wickens

Aleshin

(Lukashevich/Haryanto)

SAUBER

Grosjean

Perez

WILLIAMS

Maldonado

Ericsson

(Morad)

FERRARI

Alonso

Bianchi

FORD

Kubica

Massa

(Rahal)

PORSCHE/PRODRIVE

Hulkenberg

Kobayashi

*Apologies for lack of reserves on some

[Prisoner Monkeys]

Red Bull Racing / Renault

1. Lewis Hamilton

2. Sebastian Vettel

Vodafone McLaren Automotive / Mercedes

3. Jenson Button

4. Kamui Kobayashi

Lotus Renault Grand Prix

5. Robert Kubica

6. Nico Rosberg

Scuderia Ferrari Santander

7. Fernando Alonso

8. Jules Bianchi

Mercedes GP Petronas

9. Sergio Perez

10. Paul di Resta

PDVSA WilliamsF1 / Cosworth

11. Felipe Massa

12. Dani Clos

Virgin Marussia Motors / Cosworth*

13. Vitaly Petrov

14. Jaime Alguersuari

Force India F1 / Mercedes

15. Adrian Sutil

16. Romain Grosjean

Telmex Sauber F1 / Ferrari

17. Felipe Massa

18. Davide Valsecchi

Air Asia F1 by Tony Fernandes / Renault**

19. Timo Glock

20. Heikki Kovalianen

Hispania Racing F1 Team / Cosworth

21. Vitantonio Liuzzi

22. Ricardo Texieria

MW Motorsports / Ferrari***

23. Giedo van der Garde

24. Pastor Maldonado

* Vitaly Petrov uses the number 13 because he does not consider it to be unlucky.

** Team Lotus lose legal battle against Lotus Cars and are forced to change their name. Becomes a Williams-style privateer “name” team, known as Air Asia F1 by Tony Fernandes to avoid confusion with Adrian Fernandez’s Fernandez Racing.

*** Mark Webber retires at the end of 2012. He spends 2013 on hiatus, before purchasing Toro Rosso for the 2014 season, similar to the MW Arden teams that run in GP2/GP3.

[Felipe Bomeny]

@PM: How is Massa at Sauber and Williams at the same time?

[Polishboy808]

@Mack41 Thank you for not doubting my abilities as an F1 test driver xD

[Prisoner Monkeys]

@PM: How is Massa at Sauber and Williams at the same time?

Because I screwed up, and now I can’t edit it.

Massa would be at Williams. Chandhok at Sauber.

[Michael]

Does anyone else think that it’s a bad idea to give McLaren another V6 Turbo? The last time that happened, they won all but one race. Admittedly, that was after years of development, but what if they persuade Honda to build engines again? Or if they get an American manufacturer such as Ford who simply doesn’t care about development costs if their engines win the Championships? The 2014 engine regs may lead to better racing and more teams, but I still don’t think that this has been thought out as well as it should be. Thoughts?

[Kingshark]

Red Bull Racing Renault
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Daniel Ricciardo

Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes
3. Jenson Button
4. Sergio Perez

Scuderia Ferrari Santander
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Sebastian Vettel

Lotus Renault Grand Prix
7. Nico Rosberg
8. Romain Grosjean

Sauber Ferrari Telmex
9. Heikki Kovalainen
10. Esteban Gutiérrez

PDVSA Williams F1 Team
11. Pastor Maldonado
12. Paul di Resta

Sahara Force India F1
14. Jules Bianchi
15. Nico Hulkenburg

Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari
16. Carlos Sainz Jr.
17. Daniil Kvyat

Caterham Renault Air Asia
18. Kamui Kobayashi
19. Vitaly Petrov

Marussia F1 Team
20. Charles Pic
21. Robert Wickens

* Both HRT and Mercedes pull out of Formula One by 2014. Hispania because they go bankrupt, Mercedes because of lack of success despite the budget and resources they have available.

[duncanmonza]

@kingshark
Even if Mercedes pull out of F1, I still think the Brackley team will be on the grid in one form or another. Maybe even as Honda.

[Prisoner Monkeys]

If Mercedes were to back out, someone else would probably acquire the team. It’s unlikely Mercedes would simply hold onto the team, given that they could make money selling it.

[Kingshark]

OK. Michael Schumacher to buy over the Brackley team a year after he retires as a driver. Can you imagine the instant love and hate a team named Schumacher F1 would get?

[Nick]

I’d be more worried about Prost Grand Prix Part II..

Here is some wishful thinking on my behalf, below.

AMG F1 Team
Nico Rosberg
Nigel Melker

Caterham F1 – Renault
Davide Valsecchi
Alexander Rossi

Scuderia Ferrari
Fernando Alonso
Sergio Perez (Ferrari being tired of his nagging to give him a drive)

Sahara Force India
Jules Bianchi (dubbed by many as Andrea de Cesaris’ long lost son)
Conor Daly

HRT F1 Team – PURE (With some extra Craig Pollock cash)
Dani Clos
Johnny Cecotto jnr

Team Lotus Renault F1 Team Grand Prix Racing Engineering Racing LTD GmbH SpA Corp.
Romain Grosjean
Heikki Kovalainen

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton
Kimi Raikkonen

Red Bull Racing
Sebastian Vettel
Daniel Ricciardo

Volkswagen Sauber F1 Team (With Peter Sauber smoking even more expensive cigars..)
Esteban Gutiérrez
Nico Hulkenberg

Scuderia Torro Rosso (Now, no longer sporting art of a red bull, but mosaic of glorious leader Helmut Marko)
Robin Frijns
Carlos Sainz jnr

Williams Renault
Pastor Maldonado
Valtteri Bottas

Vladimir Marussia F1 – PURE
Vitaly Petrov
Mikhail Aleshin

[Maksutov]

lol @ 5. Robert Kubica. Sorry, but that is way unrealistic. I think Kubica will have to work his way back up from another series

[Author]

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