FIA Publish 2012 Entry List with Nine Empty Driver Spaces

 

The FIA have today released the entry list for the 2012 Formula 1 season, showing the predicted changes in three team names, and nine empty spaces.

There are nine instances of ‘TBA’ on this first publication of the entry list, although two of those are at HRT, who have already confirmed that Pedro de la Rosa will be in one of those seats next season. It also appears as though the team are yet to select an engine supplier for next season, although this will remain as Cosworth.

Force India, Toro Rosso and Williams are also yet to confirm any drivers, and Lotus (nee Renault) have an empty space listed alongside Kimi Räikkönen, whose appointment was announced yesterday.

In the list, Renault become Lotus F1 Team, Team Lotus become Caterham F1 Team, and Virgin Racing become Marussia F1 Team and are now registered as a Russian outfit.

Here is the list in full:

No.	Driver	Team	Constructor
1 2	Sebastian Vettel  Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull Racing Renault
3 4	Jenson Button  Lewis Hamilton	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren Mercedes
5 6	Fernando Alonso  Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari
7 8	Michael Schumacher  Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes
9 10	Kimi Raikkonen TBA	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus Renault
11 12	TBA TBA	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India Mercedes
14 15	Kamui Kobayashi  Sergio Perez	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber Ferrari
16 17	TBA TBA	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR Ferrari
18 19	TBA TBA	AT&T Williams	Williams Renault
20 21	Heikki Kovalainen  Jarno Trulli	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham Renault
22 23	TBA TBA	HRT F1 Team	HRT/TBA
24 25	Timo Glock  Charles Pic	Marussia F1 Team	Marussia Cosworth