F-1 2008 LINE-UP (?)

I think this will be the line-up for 2008:

Mclaren Mercedes
#1 Fernando Alonso
#2 Lewis Hamilton

Ferrari
#3 Felipe Massa
#4 Kimi Raikkonen

BMW
#5 Nick Heidfeld
#6 Robert Kubica

Renault
#7 Nelson Piquet Jr? Giancarlo Fisichella?
#8 Heikki Kovalainen

Williams Toyota
#9 Nico Rosberg
#10 Alexander Wurz

Red Bull Renault
#11 David Coulthard
#12 Mark Webber

Toyota
#14 Jarno Trulli
#15 Ralf Schumacher

Super Aguri - Honda
#16 Takuma Sato
#17 Anthony Davidson

Honda
#18 Jenson Button
#19 Rubens Barrichello

Torro Rosso - Ferrari
#20 Sebastien Bourdais
#21 Sebastian Vettel

Spyker - Ferrari
#22 Driver with big bucks
#23 Driver with big bucks

Prodrive - Mercedes
#24 Pedro de la Rosa?
#25 Some British talent

#1 Alonso
#2 Hamilton

Agreed there, but I reckon it'll almost without a doubt be
#3 Raikkonen
#4 Massa

I reckon Fisi will be at Renault for another year if he stays ahead of Heikki. If not, then he'll go.

Other than that I agree with you, cept Vettel would get #20 and Bourdais #21 since Bourdais would be new for 2008.

Since Speed's looking at America, I reckon Liuzzi will try for Prodrive, maybe Klien as well, seems to be moving around a bit? Is Paffett still gonna be a McLaren tester?

well driver numbers are sometimes randomly assigned within teams, it's not always based on who has been at the team longer. when Rubens joined Honda for '06, he had no.11 and JB had 12, even though JB had been with the team for a few years.

we're more interested in who will be in each team than which number they will use.

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RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael

They should go back to letting them have any number, though this is logical.

As it happens the two numbers I would like JB to be would either be #6 or #7 :D

And he is #7 this year, though its not being a very lucky number for him is it

Also, imagine Kimi with the #27 on the nose of his Ferrari :D:D:D! Who was the last Ferrari driver to have it ? wasnt it Berger or Alesi?

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

Alesi, IIRC. i'm sure he had no. 27 when he won his only GP at Montreal, the track named after Gilles and using his number.

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RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael

I read somewhere that Rosberg may leave from Williams and Alonso from McLaren.
About Rosberg there no much info (where he may go...) and about Alonso that he is connectet with BMW for '08.
P.S. This is not confirmend

And won't be confirmed either. It's another bit of crap from a journalists pen.



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Perhaps Alonso will leave McLaren in 2008 and will return to Renault. Honda confirmed its actual drivers for the next year. Raikkonen has 3 more years in Ferrari. Ralf Schumacher could not be in Toyota in 2008(i´m not sure, i think Ralf is pretty good but who knows?).

Ralf is hopeless but has a contract for next year at least.

look at this:

McLaren:
1.Alonso/Hamilton
2.De la Rosa/Heifield

Ferrari:
3.Raikkonen
4.Massa/Hamilton

BMW:
5.Heifield/Alonso
6.Kubica

Renault:
7.Alonso/Fisichella
8.Kovalainen/Piquet

williams:
9.Rosberg
10.Wurz

Red Bull:
11.Coulthard
12.Mark Webber

Toyota:
14.Trulli
15.R.Schumacher/Sutil

Super Aguri:
16.Sato
17.Davidson

Honda:
18.Button
19.Barrichello

Toro Rosso:
20.Bourdais
21.Vettel

spyker (or another name):
22.Winkelhock/Driver with much money
23.Driver with much money

Prodrive:
24.De la Rosa/Piquet
25.Gary Paffet?

People thinking Ferrari will switch one of their drivers to bring in another are totally off. Alonso nor Hamilton will go there next year, so any speculation on that is totally moot. The only serious doubts IMO is Renault, McLaren, Williams and BMW, though it could be said that McLaren will most likely keep the same lineup, so that would make Renault and BMW finalized also, only leaving Williams to be confirmed.

i agree, it's probably 99.99999995 certain that both McLaren and Ferrari will have the same drivers as this season. whatever happened at Hungary, i doubt either McLaren driver would want to switch to another team because of it. they have probably the best chance to win races and a championship where they are. and the Ferrari drivers are probably locked into a multi-million dollar multi-year contract too.

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RIP Jules, never to be forgotten. #KeepFightingMichael

The Ferrari info is not probable, it is 100% accurate. Kimi signed a 3 year contract and Massa a 2 year contract. So both drivers are already confirmed for 2008 and Kimi is already confirmed for 2009.

I don't see Wurz in the Williams next year

chet Wrote:
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> They should go back to letting them have any
> number, though this is logical.
>
> As it happens the two numbers I would like JB to
> be would either be #6 or #7 :D
>
> And he is #7 this year, though its not being a
> very lucky number for him is it
>
> Also, imagine Kimi with the #27 on the nose of his
> Ferrari :D:D:D! Who was the last Ferrari driver to
> have it ? wasnt it Berger or Alesi?


Number 7 has never been kind to British drivers. Mansell in 95, Coulthard in 98 (although not too bad a year), Hill in 99. Funny that the respective team mates in number 8 cars have reverse fortunes, (except Barrchello this year), funny these little co-incidences that happen in F1!

As for the number 27 on a Ferrari, i remember in 1990 when Prost was champion so Senna in the McLaren used the 27 on his mclaren instead...looked strange seeing that 27 on a different car!

Gord_on_wheels Wrote:
> As for the number 27 on a Ferrari, i remember in
> 1990 when Prost was champion so Senna in the
> McLaren used the 27 on his mclaren
> instead...looked strange seeing that 27 on a
> different car!

Yeah, that was very unusual, Ferrari had #27 & #28 for so long period (1981-1995, except 1990, I think)

P.S. Thx mikef1, I totaly forget about 1980



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In 1980 the Ferrari's had the numbers 1 and 2 because Jody Schekter won the championship in 1979.



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I remember senna saying it was nice that number 27 won the championship.

Gord, I believe #7 was very kind to to Sir Stirling :D

And indeed funny coincidences, if not strange lol!

But grr, ive wanted JB to have the #7 for abit, then when he does, Honda goes and screws it up :p!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

i thought 27 was kept for giles villeneuve tribute purposes!?


Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it