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[Denthúl]

28 drives available for next season. Does anyone truly think there are 28 F1 capable drivers who want to race? Who are they?

First corner chaos could hit an all time high next year.

Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button, Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, Lewis Hamilton, Heikki Kovalainen, Jarno Trulli, Timo Glock, Nico Rosberg, Fernando Alonso, Romain Grosjean, Jaime Alguersuari, Adrian Sutil, Tonio Liuzzi, Giancarlo Fisichella, Robert Kubica, Nick Heidfeld, Anthony Davidson, Pedro de la Rosa, Gary Paffet, Paul di Resta, Vitaly Petrov, Lucas di Grassi, Andy Soucek, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Graham Rahal, Sebastién Bourdais, Sebastién Buemi, Bruno Senna.

[McLaren]

28 drives available for next season. Does anyone truly think there are 28 F1 capable drivers who want to race? Who are they?

First corner chaos could hit an all time high next year.

Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button, Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, Lewis Hamilton, Heikki Kovalainen, Jarno Trulli, Timo Glock, Nico Rosberg, Fernando Alonso, Romain Grosjean, Jaime Alguersuari, Adrian Sutil, Tonio Liuzzi, Giancarlo Fisichella, Robert Kubica, Nick Heidfeld, Anthony Davidson, Pedro de la Rosa, Gary Paffet, Paul di Resta, Vitaly Petrov, Lucas di Grassi, Andy Soucek, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Graham Rahal, Sebastién Bourdais, Sebastién Buemi, Bruno Senna.

*cough* you forgot me

[southern cross]

Are we sure Toro Rosso will still be in the mix next year? Everyone's talk is Renault, STR is still up for sale with no buyer and Red Bull likely won't spend anymore on it (no customer cars! )

[darwin dali]

Are we sure Toro Rosso will still be in the mix next year? Everyone's talk is Renault, STR is still up for sale with no buyer and Red Bull likely won't spend anymore on it (no customer cars! )

Good question - it's been awfully quiet on that front. But I've read recently Tost talking about having to make their own cars next year, so they're ramping up in Faenza (should we believe him?).

[darwin dali]

'Lotus' back? Chapman would be turning in his grave...

[darwin dali]

28 cars? Don't think so. Monaco is the most problematic in that respect. Just not enough room. Valencia could probably adjust, but real estate in Monaco is simply absent.
IF they allow 14 teams, I predict they'll have some form of pre-quali or the 107% rule comes back like in the olden days. Not great for those backmarkers to travel thousands of miles and then not be able to race - their sponsors won't like that one bit.

[Jabberwocky]

28 cars, think about the maths that would go into the pit stops then. also does it mean we would get a Q4?

[JamesD89]

28 cars? Don't think so. Monaco is the most problematic in that respect. Just not enough room. Valencia could probably adjust, but real estate in Monaco is simply absent.
IF they allow 14 teams, I predict they'll have some form of pre-quali or the 107% rule comes back like in the olden days. Not great for those backmarkers to travel thousands of miles and then not be able to race - their sponsors won't like that one bit.

Would teams have signed up if that's the case? They're not going to stand a chance of improving if they can't drive the car.

[radi0dave]

BBC Norfolk have released more details about the team next season...

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[iFuel]

So, it has Norfolk....
it still fake lotus or it is a little more the true lotus?

[Gaz]

So, it has Norfolk....
it still fake lotus or it is a little more the true lotus?

Well that make it less Fake because there's norfolk foke building the car.

i mean essentialy it seams its Malyasian money being given to a British team to build a car.

Which happens to be named Lotus and based in Norfolk.

they went about it badly, Lotus Cars should of just said "we are comming back to Formula 1"

and that would of been fine.

[Gaz]

BREAKING NEWS - AYRTON SENNA TO DRIVE FOR NEW LOTUS TEAM! (But it's actually just some Malaysian bloke using Senna's name)

[Bruno_Brazil]

Is it really going to be like that??

[Hanwombat]

Is it really going to be like that:

JESUS I HOPE NOT

[Bruno_Brazil]

So do I!
Simply terrible! It looks like the popsicles I used to eat when I was younger...those ones with 3 flavors.

Or maybe they want to simbolize gay pride, who knows...