User:Abdul Qayyum Ahmad/Formula One/2012 season/Teams and Drivers

Entry List

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Code	Rounds	Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB8	Renault RS27-2012	P	1	Sebastian Vettel	VET	1–3	Sébastien Buemi
					2	Mark Webber	WEB	1–3
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-27	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	3	Jenson Button	BUT	1–3	Gary Paffett Oliver Turvey
					4	Lewis Hamilton	HAM	1–3
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F2012	Ferrari Type 056	P	5	Fernando Alonso	ALO	1–3	Giancarlo Fisichella Marc Gené Davide Rigon
					6	Felipe Massa	MAS	1–3
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	F1 W03	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	7	Michael Schumacher	MSC	1–3	Sam Bird
					8	Nico Rosberg	ROS	1–3
Lotus F1 Team	Lotus	E20	Renault RS27-2012	P	9	Kimi Räikkönen	RAI	1–3	Jérôme d'Ambrosio
					10	Romain Grosjean	GRO	1–3
Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM05	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	11	Paul di Resta	DIR	1–3	Jules Bianchi Gary Paffett
					12	Nico Hülkenberg	HUL	1–3
Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C31	Ferrari Type 056	P	14	Kamui Kobayashi	KOB	1–3	Esteban Gutiérrez
					15	Sergio Pérez	PER	1–3
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR7	Ferrari Type 056	P	16	Daniel Ricciardo	RIC	1–3	Sébastien Buemi
					17	Jean-Éric Vergne	VER	1–3
Williams F1 Team	Williams	FW34	Renault RS27-2012	P	18	Pastor Maldonado	MAL	1–3	Valtteri Bottas Susie Wolff
					19	Bruno Senna	SEN	1–3
Caterham F1 Team	Caterham	CT01	Renault RS27-2012	P	20	Heikki Kovalainen	KOV	1–3	Giedo van der Garde Alexander Rossi
					21	Vitaly Petrov	PET	1–3
HRT F1 Team	HRT	F112	Cosworth CA2012	P	22	Pedro de la Rosa	DLR	1–3	Dani Clos Vitantonio Liuzzi
					23	Narain Karthikeyan	KAR	1–3
Marussia F1 Team	Marussia	MR01	Cosworth CA2012	P	24	Timo Glock	GLO	1–3	María de Villota
					25	Charles Pic	PIC	1–3

Friday drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Drivers	Code	Rounds
Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM05	Mercedes FO 108Z	P	11	Jules Bianchi	BIA	3
Williams F1 Team	Williams	FW34	Renault RS27-2012	P	19	Valtteri Bottas	BOT	2–4
Caterham F1 Team	Caterham	CT01	Renault RS27-2012	P	21	Giedo van der Garde	VDG	3

Age of the Drivers

Drivers	Teams	Nationality	Birthplace	Birthdate	Ages
Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Germany	Hürth-Hermülheim	3 January 1969	43 years, 75 days
Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	Spain	Barcelona	24 February 1971	41 years, 23 days
Mark Webber	Red Bull	Australia	Queanbeyan	27 August 1976	35 years, 204 days
Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	India	Madras	14 January 1977	35 years, 64 days
Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	Finland	Espoo	17 October 1979	32 years, 153 days
Jenson Button	McLaren	United Kingdom	Frome	19 January 1980	32 years, 59 days
Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Brazil	São Paulo	25 April 1981	30 years, 328 days
Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Spain	Oviedo	29 July 1981	30 years, 233 days
Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	Finland	Suomussalmi	19 October 1981	30 years, 151 days
Timo Glock	Marussia	Germany	Lindenfels	18 March 1982	30 years, 0 days
Bruno Senna	Williams	Brazil	São Paulo	15 October 1983	28 years, 155 days
Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	Russia	Vyborg	8 September 1984	27 years, 192 days
Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	United Kingdom	Stevenage	7 January 1985	27 years, 71 days
Pastor Maldonado	Williams	Venezuela	Maracay	10 March 1985	27 years, 8 days
Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Germany	Wiesbaden	27 June 1985	26 years, 265 days
Paul di Resta	Force India	United Kingdom	Uphall	16 April 1986	25 years, 337 days
Romain Grosjean	Lotus	France	Geneva	17 April 1986	25 years, 336 days
Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Japan	Amagasaki	13 September 1986	25 years, 187 days
Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Germany	Heppenheim	3 July 1987	24 years, 259 days
Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Germany	Emmerich am Rhein	19 August 1987	24 years, 212 days
Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	Australia	Perth	1 July 1989	22 years, 261 days
Sergio Pérez	Sauber	Mexico	Guadalajara	26 January 1990	22 years, 52 days
Charles Pic	Marussia	France	Montélimar	15 February 1990	22 years, 32 days
Jean-Éric Vergne	Toro Rosso	France	Pontoise	25 April 1990	21 years, 328 days
Average					28 years, 334 days

Footnotes

Average Ages of the Driver in the Teams

Teams	Drivers	Ages Driver	Average Ages
Toro Rosso	Daniel Ricciardo	22 years, 261 days	22 years, 112 days
	Jean-Éric Vergne	21 years, 328 days
Sauber	Kamui Kobayashi	25 years, 187 days	23 years, 303 days
	Sergio Pérez	22 years, 52 days
Force India	Paul di Resta	25 years, 337 days	25 years, 92 days
	Nico Hülkenberg	24 years, 212 days
Marussia	Timo Glock	30 years, 0 days	26 years, 16 days
	Charles Pic	22 years, 32 days
Williams	Pastor Maldonado	27 years, 8 days	27 years, 265 days
	Bruno Senna	28 years, 155 days
Caterham	Heikki Kovalainen	30 years, 151 days	28 years, 354 days
	Vitaly Petrov	27 years, 192 days
Lotus	Kimi Räikkönen	32 years, 153 days	29 years, 62 days
	Romain Grosjean	25 years, 336 days
McLaren	Jenson Button	32 years, 59 days	29 years, 248 days
	Lewis Hamilton	27 years, 71 days
Red Bull	Sebastian Vettel	24 years, 259 days	30 years, 49 days
	Mark Webber	35 years, 204 days
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso	30 years, 233 days	30 years, 281 days
	Felipe Massa	30 years, 328 days
Mercedes	Michael Schumacher	43 years, 75 days	34 years, 353 days
	Nico Rosberg	26 years, 265 days
HRT	Pedro de la Rosa	41 years, 23 days	38 years, 44 days
	Narain Karthikeyan	35 years, 64 days
Average			28 years, 334 days

Footnotes

Team changes

Changed teams

• Renault → Lotus
• Lotus → Caterham
• Virgin → Marussia

Engines changes

• Renault → Lotus-Renault
• Williams-Cosworth → Williams-Renault
• Lotus-Renault → Caterham-Renault
• Virgin-Cosworth → Marussia-Cosworth

Name title changes

• Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro → Scuderia Ferrari
• Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team → Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
• Lotus Renault GP → Lotus F1 Team
• Force India F1 Team → Sahara Force India F1 Team
• AT&T Williams → Williams F1 Team
• Team Lotus → Caterham F1 Team
• Hispania Racing F1 Team / HRT Formula One Team → HRT F1 Team
• Marussia Virgin Racing → Marussia F1 Team

Driver changes

	Start of the Season				During the Season
Driver	Before		After
	Team	Position	Team	Position	Team	Position
Changed teams
Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Full Time Driver	Caterham	Full Time Driver
Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	Test/Reserve Driver	Toro Rosso	Full Time Driver
	Toro Rosso
	HRT	Full Time Driver
Bruno Senna	Renault	Test/Reserve Driver	Williams	Full Time Driver
		Full Time Driver
Entered Formula One
Charles Pic	Addax	GP2 Series Driver	Marussia	Full Time Driver
Jean-Éric Vergne	Carlin	Formula Renault 3.5 Series Driver	Toro Rosso	Full Time Driver
	Toro Rosso	Test/Reserve Driver
Exited Formula One
Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Full Time Driver	—	BBC Radio 5 Live F1 Colour Commentator
			—	Pirelli Test Driver
Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin	Full Time Driver	Lotus	Test/Reserve Driver
Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Full Time Driver	KV Racing Technology	IndyCar Series Driver
Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Full Time Driver	Toyota	24 Hours of Le Mans Driver
			Red Bull	Test/Reserve Driver
			Toro Rosso
Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	Full Time Driver	HRT	Test/Reserve Driver
Adrian Sutil	Force India	Full Time Driver	—	Unknown
Jarno Trulli	Lotus	Full Time Driver	—	Unknown
Returned to Formula One
Romain Grosjean	DAMS	GP2 Series Driver	Lotus	Full Time Driver
	Renault	Test/Reserve Driver
Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	Test/Reserve Driver	Force India	Full Time Driver
Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	Full Time Driver	HRT	Full Time Driver
		Test/Reserve Driver
Kimi Räikkönen	ICE 1 Racing	WRC Driver	Lotus	Full Time Driver
Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	Test/Reserve Driver	HRT	Full Time Driver

2012 cars

Car launches

Constructor	Chassis	Launch date	Launch location	First pre-season test
Caterham	CT01	26 January	F1 Racing magazine	Jerez, 7–10 February
McLaren	MP4-27	1 February	Woking, United Kingdom
Ferrari	F2012	3 February	Maranello, Italy
			Online
Force India	VJM05		Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom
Lotus	E20	5 February	Online
			Enstone, United Kingdom
		6 February	Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Red Bull	RB8		Online
Sauber	C31		Circuito de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Toro Rosso	STR7
Williams	FW34	7 February
Mercedes	F1 W03	21 February	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain	Barcelona, 21–24 February
HRT	F112	5 March		None
Marussia	MR01		Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom

Sponsorship liveries

Team	Main colour(s)	Additional colour(s)	Livery sponsor(s)	Additional sponsor(s)
Red Bull	Navy blue	Red,   Yellow,   Blue,   White	Red Bull	Casio, Geox, Infiniti, Pepe Jeans, Pirelli, Rauch, Red Bull Mobile, Renault, Singha, Total
McLaren	Silver	Red,   Black	Vodafone	AkzoNobel, Hilton HHonors, Hugo Boss, Lucozade, Mercedes-Benz, Mobil 1, Pirelli
Ferrari	Red	White	Santander, Scuderia Ferrari	Acer, AMD, Brembo, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, Fiat, IIR, Infor, Kaspersky Lab, Mahle, Pirelli, Shell, SKF
Mercedes	Silver	Turquoise	Petronas	Aabar, AMG, Mercedes-Benz, MIG Bank, Petronas Syntium, Pirelli, Puma, Thomas Sabo
Lotus	Black	Gold,   Red	Lotus	AGT, Auden McKenzie, Clear, E.I. Sturdza, Elysium, Genii Capital, Japan Rags, Magneti Marelli, Microsoft Dynamics, Movit, NetApp, Peace One Day, Pirelli, Renault, Rexona, Symantec, Total, Trina Solar, TW Steel
Force India	Orange,   White,   Green	Black	Fly Kingfisher, Kingfisher Premium, Sahara	AETHRA, Alpinestars, Pirelli, Reebok, Royal Challenge, UB, Vladivar, Whyte & Mackay
Sauber	White,   Dark grey	Red	Claro	Certina, Cuervo Tequila, Emil Frey, Interproteccion, Nabholz, NEC, Oerlikon, Out of the Blue, Pirelli, Sauber Club One, Telcel, Telmex, Visit México
Toro Rosso	Navy blue	Red,   Gold	CEPSA, Red Bull	Falcon Private Bank, Nova Chemicals, Pirelli, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Siemens, Speed Week
Williams	Navy blue	White,   Red,   Silver	PDVSA, Randstad	Embratel, Gillette, Head & Shoulders, McGregor, MRV Engenharia, Oris, Pirelli, Renault, Ridge Solutions, Venezuela, Wihuri
Caterham	British racing green	Gold,   White	AirAsia, Caterham	1Malaysia, APC, B.R.M, CNN, Dell, EQ8, GE, HPE, Intel, Naza, PACT, Pirelli, Queens Park Rangers, Renault, Sibur, Tune Group
HRT	White	Maroon,   Gold,   Black	Tata, Tata Motors	Azkar, Cosworth, Ermestel, KH-7, Panda Security, Pirelli, Varlion, Yamimoto
Marussia	Black,   Red	White,   Silver	Marussia, Marussia F1 Team	CNBC, CSC, Lagardère, learndirect, Pirelli, Qnet, Virgin, VPS NET