F1 2012: The line-up so far
31 August 2011
This year’s ‘silly season’ features little change at the top end of the Formula 1 grid, but a bucket load of question marks from the midfield to the rear. We take a look at the 2012 line-up so far as the annual driver jigsaw continues to develop.
The current cast of 2012 is as follows:
Red Bull-Renault
- Sebastian Vettel (until end of 2014)
- Mark Webber (until end of 2012)
McLaren-Mercedes
- Lewis Hamilton (until end of 2012)
- Jenson Button (candidate)
Res: Gary Paffett
Ferrari
- Fernando Alonso (until end of 2016)
- Felipe Massa (until end of 2012)
Mercedes
- Michael Schumacher (until end of 2012)
- Nico Rosberg (candidate)
Renault
- Vitaly Petrov (until end of 2012)
- Robert Kubica (until end of 2012
- Bruno Senna (candidate if Kubica unwell)
- Romain Grosjean (candidate if Kubica unwell)
Sauber-Ferrari
- Kamui Kobayashi (until end of 2012)
- Sergio Pérez (until end of 2012)
Res: Esteban Gutiérrez
Force India-Mercedes
- Adrian Sutil (candidate)
- Paul di Resta (candidate)
- Nico Hülkenberg (candidate)
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
- Daniel Ricciardo (candidate)
- Sébastien Buemi (candidate)
- Jaime Alguersuari (candidate)
- Jean-Eric Vergne (candidate)
- Mirko Bortolotti (candidate)
- Mikhail Aleshin (candidate)
Williams-Renault
- Rubens Barrichello (candidate)
- Pastor Maldonado (candidate)
- Valtteri Bottas (candidate)
- Giedo van der Garde (candidate)
Lotus-Renault
- Heikki Kovalainen (candidate)
- Jarno Trulli (candidate)
- Karun Chandhok (candidate)
- Davide Valsecchi (candidate)
- Luis Razia (candidate)
HRT-Cosworth
- Vitantonio Liuzzi (candidate)
- Javier Villa (candidate)
- Daniel Ricciardo (candidate)
- Pedro de la Rosa (candidate)
- Dani Clos (candidate)
Virgin-Cosworth
- Timo Glock (until end of 2014)
- Jérôme d’Ambrosio (candidate)
- Giedo van der Garde (candidate)
- Robert Wickens (candidate)
- Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (candidate)
Note: teams listed in accordance with current Constructors’ Championship order