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2013 Formula One F1 Driver Line-up & 2014 Silly Season Rumors - January 22nd
By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers
The 2013 Formula One F1 season start continues to countdown. There are now four drivers seats that haven't been announced for the 2013 F1 season, with those seats expecting full announcements during Formula One F1 launch season.
The two most prominent seats continue to be the two Force India seats with Paul di Resta fully expected to return with the second seat appearing it will go to Jules Bianchi - maybe with a push from Ferrari, and engines for Force India. Force India was quick to deny rumors of financial problems, but the publication that indicate the issues, stood behind the story. The latest also adds Adrian Sutil to the list. Force India also isn't expected to name their second driver until after they have launched their 2013 F1 challenger.
Caterham has a seat to fill, though not much has been said lately, except that Heikki Kovalainen is being slammed by the team for "respect" issues. Probably wanting more money. Bruno Senna is apparently waiting for that seat and a return to Formula One F1.
Marussia and Timo Glock have now officially split, which opened up the fourth seat on the grid.
The most interesting revelation this week is that Alonso is indicating that Red Bull has been calling on him, and that he's rejected them multiple times.
Once the 2013 grid is filled out, the rumors will begin for 2014. And actually, they already have. Nico Hulkenberg has been mentioned for the second seat at Red Bull for 2014.
So let's get the 2014 silly season list updated so we can track the ruminations through the year.
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2013 Formula One F1 Driver Line-up & 2014 Silly Season
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| Team |
Driver |
Contract End Date |
2014 Rumors |
| Red Bull |
Sebastian Vettel |
2014 |
- |
| Red Bull |
Mark Webber |
2013 |
Nico Hulkenberg, Fernando Alonso |
| Ferrari |
Fernando Alonso |
2016 |
- |
| Ferrari |
Felipe Massa |
2013 |
- |
| McLaren |
Jenson Button |
2013? |
- |
| McLaren |
Sergio Perez |
2013 |
- |
| Lotus |
Kimi Raikkonen |
2013 |
- |
| Lotus |
Romain Grosjean |
2013 |
- |
| Mercedes |
Nico Rosberg |
2013? |
- |
| Mercedes |
Lewis Hamilton |
2015 |
- |
| Sauber |
Nico Hulkenberg |
2013 |
- |
| Sauber |
Esteban Gutierrez |
2013 |
- |
| Force India |
Paul Di Resta |
TBC |
- |
| Force India |
TBA |
TBA |
2013 - Adrian Sutil |
| Williams |
Pastor Maldonado |
2013 |
- |
| Williams |
Valtteri Bottas |
2013 |
- |
| Toro Rosso |
Daniel Ricciardo |
2013 |
- |
| Toro Rosso |
Jean-Eric Vergne |
2013 |
- |
| Caterham |
Charles Pic |
2014? |
- |
| Caterham |
TBA |
TBA |
2013 - Vitaly Petrov, Bruno Senna |
| Marussia |
TBA |
- |
- |
| Marussia |
Max Chilton |
2013 |
- |
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