2006 driver line-up taking shape 07 Nov 2005
With the recent announcements of Christijan Albers at Midland and Nico Rosberg at Williams, the details of who will be on the grid next season are really coming together.
We will have at least two rookie drivers - Rosberg, plus either American Scott Speed or Swiss driver Neel Jani at Squadra Toro Rosso. Notably, all three men are graduates of this season’s inaugural GP2 series.
And, if ex-Formula One driver Aguri Suzuki has his championship entry accepted and can make it to the grid on time, then we will have 11 constructors present when the 2006 campaign gets underway in Bahrain next March. So, with just a handful of seats still to be confirmed, this is how the line-up is looking so far:
Renault
Fernando Alonso
Giancarlo Fisichella
McLaren
Kimi Raikkonen
Juan Pablo Montoya
Ferrari
Michael Schumacher
Felipe Massa
Toyota
Ralf Schumacher
Jarno Trulli
Williams
Mark Webber
Nico Rosberg
BAR Honda (exact team name TBC)
Jenson Button
Rubens Barrichello
Red Bull Racing
David Coulthard
Christian Klien or Vitantonio Liuzzi
BMW (exact team name TBC)
Nick Heidfeld
TBC
Midland
Christijan Albers
TBC
Squadra Toro Rosso
Christian Klien or Vitantonio Liuzzi
Scott Speed or Neel Jani
Super Aguri (entry and exact team name TBC)
TBC
TBC
