Mon Nov 30, 2009 7:17 pm
Complete list of drivers:
Number Team Driver Chassis
31 McLaren-Mercedes Gary Paffet MP4/24
31 McLaren-Mercedes Oliver Turvey MP4/24
32 Scuderia Ferarri Jules Bianchi F60
32 Scuderia Ferarri Daniel Zampieri F60
32 Scuderia Ferarri Marco Zipoli F60
32 Scuderia Ferarri Pablo Sanchez Lopez F60
33 BMW Sauber/Sauber F1 Alexander Rossi F1.09
33 BMW Sauber/Sauber F1 Esteban Gutierrez F1.09
34 Renault F1 Lucas di Grassi R29
34 Renault F1 Bertrand Baguette R29
34 Renault F1 Ho-Pin Tung R29
36 STR-Ferarri Brendon Hartley STR4
36 STR-Ferarri Mirko Bortolotti STR4
37 Red Bull-Renault Daniel Ricciardo RB5
38 Williams-Toyota Nico Hulkenberg FW31
38 Williams-Toyota Andy Soucek FW31
39 Force India-Mercedes Paul di Resta VJM/02
39 Force India-Mercedes J.R. Hildebrand VJM/02
40 Mercedes GP/Brawn GP Mike Conway BGP001
40 Mercedes GP/Brawn GP Marcus Ericsson BGP001
Toyota may turn up at the last minuite if they are leasing to Stefan GP for the next 2 years.
Expect to see all the cars as is for then new guys to them, as for the older heads, like Paffet, Hartley, di Grasi & Hulkenberg they have an idea of what the car should feel like and such they will be able to try new parts and do 2010 tyre runs after half a days running and re-familiarisation of the car and its controls. If i were a team id only want 2 drivers, as any more than that, it may go wrong. Force India have it right, half days for their 2 guys for the first two days, then for the last day, let the guy who is fastest do a full 2009 GP simulation and a few more laps. Ferarri have 3 guys testing on the last day, probably doing arround 20 laps each. Red Bull have their guy doing what looks, on paper, to be a full race weekend simulation, and a little more.