[dfuzioniag]

Pastor Maldonado has been confirmed at Williams - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88547

[Shemker394]

Pastor Maldonado has been confirmed at Williams - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88547

I'll call it good news because Williams gets a lot of money and probably an OK driver who can potentially widen F1's fanbase as well.

[OrefZorremn]

Whatever is going to happen, it looks like Heidfeld is going to be out of a drive again. Now also the age-factor is working against him. For instance despite getting beaten by an 'old' team-mate Hülkenberg is viewed as a better prospect for the future and is more present in the silly season rumours than Heidfeld.

I also have a question; will Virgin still be registered as British, or will they be down as Russin for next year?

British, Virgin/Branson is still the majority owner of the team.

[sztc38tg]

After todays news about Petrov, the 2011 grid is finally beginning to take shape

RED BULL RENAULT: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Germany), 2. Mark Webber (Australia)

McLAREN MERCEDES: 3. Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain), 4. Jenson Button (Great Britain)

FERRARI: 5. Fernando Alonso (Spain), 6. Felipe Massa (Brazil)

MERCEDES: 7. Michael Schumacher (Germany), 8. Nico Rosberg (Germany)

RENAULT-GROUP LOTUS: 9. Robert Kubica (Poland), 10. Vitaly Petrov (Russia)

WILLIAMS COSWORTH: 11. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil), 12. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela)

FORCE INDIA MERCEDES: 14. ???????, 15. ????????

TELMEX SAUBER FERRARI: 16. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan), 17. Sergio Perez (Mexico)

TORO ROSSO FERRARI: 18. ????????, 19. ????????

TEAM LOTUS RENAULT: 20. Heikki Kovalainen (Finland), 21. Jarno Trulli (Italy)

HISPANIA COSWORTH: 22. ????????, 23. ????????

MARUSSIA VIRGIN COSWORTH: 24. Timo Glock (Germany), 25. Jerome d'Ambrosio (Belgium)

DRIVERS STILL HOPEFUL
Nico Hulkenberg, Adrian Sutil, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Paul di Resta, Sebastien Buemi, Jaime Alguersuari, Daniel Ricciardo, Bruno Senna, Sakon Yamamoto, Christian Klien, Karun Chandhok, Nick Heidfeld, Pedro de la Rosa, Lucas di Grassi, Mikhail Aleshin

[prmwsinfo]

Ricciardo and Alguersuari in Toro Rosso.

Nico H. and Sutil in Force India.

This is what I hope for, but we'll see if it comes to fruition.

[Essefsbyday]

Nico H. and Sutil in Force India.

That would be a good pairing I think, they would both push each other

How long is Massa's contract?

Guess that means Kimi is rallying again.

[viawbambutt]

Ricciardo and Alguersuari in Toro Rosso.

Nico H. and Sutil in Force India.

This is what I hope for, but we'll see if it comes to fruition.

I will be extremely surprised if FI change their line-up. They usually resort to sitting on their hands when tough driver decisions have to be made.

Ricciardo won't have a race seat until mid year, at least. Who knows what will happen if Buemi starts being Alguersuari again.

[OrefZorremn]

I hope Force India takes di Resta over Hülkenberg, if they are weighing those two currently. The GP2 champion is worthy of staying in F1, of course, but Paul has got zero chances in F1 so far, is older than Hulk and has been waiting for his opportunity for many years already.

[NudiJuicervich]

Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team

7. Michael Schumacher
8. Nico Rosberg