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2013 Formula One F1 Driver Line-up, Rumor Round-up & 2014 Silly Season Rumors - February 10th
By PaddockTalk.com Staff Writers
Update - *, Testing has begun and the 2013 Formula One F1 season start continues to countdown. There is just one driver seat available for the 2013 F1 season with 32 days until the 2013 Australian Grand Prix. Announced this week for the second Marussia seat was Luiz Razia.
Glacier Ecclestone continued to work the 2013 Formula One F1 schedule. Nurburgring is still just a rumor for hosting the 2013 German Grand Prix. Meanwhile, the old chap did confirm he couldn't deliver a 20th Grand Prix citing the time constraints. So the European Grand Prix formerly held in Valencia is gone, and Ecclestone had no other venue lined up to take its place despite venues all over the world rumored to be waiting in line.
A group of U.S & Canadian businessmen attempted to buy the assets of the failed HRT team, but Ecclestone squashed that attempt.
The most prominent seat continues to be the final Force India seat. Jules Bianchi, Adrian Sutil, Kamui Kobayashi, Bruno Senna, and Narain Karthikeyan are all rumored to have a shot. Sponsorship is rumored to be a valued asset of the final occupant.
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.
* - This update primarily adds Narain Karthikeyan to the list of drivers rumored for the second seat at Force India.
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| 2013 Formula One F1 Driver Line-up & 2014 Silly Season |
| 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 - Jules Bianchi, Adrian Sutil, Kamui Kobayashi, Bruno Senna, Narain Karthikeyan |
| Williams |
Pastor Maldonado |
2013 |
- |
| Williams |
Valtteri Bottas |
2013 |
- |
| Toro Rosso |
Daniel Ricciardo |
2013 |
- |
| Toro Rosso |
Jean-Eric Vergne |
2013 |
- |
| Caterham |
Charles Pic |
2014? |
- |
| Caterham |
Giedo van der Garde |
2013 ? |
- |
| Marussia |
Luiz Razia |
2013 ? |
- |
| Marussia |
Max Chilton |
2013 |
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