Dec
11th
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With today's unveiling of next year's McLaren-Honda driver line-up, the 2015 Formula 1 grid is almost complete.
All teams now have their race drivers under contracts.
Two question marks remain with Manor F1 Team (né Marussia) and Caterham (1Malaysia Racing Team). Both teams are in administration and their future is still very unclear.
Here is the state of the F1 starting grid as of today, December 11:
Mercedes
44 Lewis Hamilton (as reigning World Champion, Hamilton can choose No. 1, but he will likely keep No. 44)
6 Nico Rosberg
Reserve driver: Pascal Wehrlein
Red Bull-Renault
3 Daniel Ricciardo
26 Daniil Kvyat
Williams-Mercedes
19 Felipe Massa
77 Valtteri Bottas
Reserve driver: Susie Wolff
Ferrari
5 Sebastian Vettel
7 Kimi Raikkonen
McLaren-Honda
14 Fernando Alonso
22 Jenson Button
Reserve driver: Kevin Magnussen
Sahara Force India-Mercedes
11 Sergio Perez
27 Nico Hulkenberg
Toro Rosso-Renault
38 (?) Max Verstappen
55 Carlos Sainz Jr
Lotus-Mercedes
8 Romain Grosjean
13 Pastor Maldonado
Sauber-Ferrari
9 Marcus Ericsson
40 (?) Felipe Nasr
Manor F1 Team (Marussia)
TBA
Caterham (1Malaysia Racing Team)
TBA
All teams now have their race drivers under contracts.
Two question marks remain with Manor F1 Team (né Marussia) and Caterham (1Malaysia Racing Team). Both teams are in administration and their future is still very unclear.
Here is the state of the F1 starting grid as of today, December 11:
Mercedes
44 Lewis Hamilton (as reigning World Champion, Hamilton can choose No. 1, but he will likely keep No. 44)
6 Nico Rosberg
Reserve driver: Pascal Wehrlein
Red Bull-Renault
3 Daniel Ricciardo
26 Daniil Kvyat
Williams-Mercedes
19 Felipe Massa
77 Valtteri Bottas
Reserve driver: Susie Wolff
Ferrari
5 Sebastian Vettel
7 Kimi Raikkonen
McLaren-Honda
14 Fernando Alonso
22 Jenson Button
Reserve driver: Kevin Magnussen
Sahara Force India-Mercedes
11 Sergio Perez
27 Nico Hulkenberg
Toro Rosso-Renault
38 (?) Max Verstappen
55 Carlos Sainz Jr
Lotus-Mercedes
8 Romain Grosjean
13 Pastor Maldonado
Sauber-Ferrari
9 Marcus Ericsson
40 (?) Felipe Nasr
Manor F1 Team (Marussia)
TBA
Caterham (1Malaysia Racing Team)
TBA