Who is going where for the 2005 F1 season?

By subh
November 24 2004

The silly season. Every year, rumours are heaped on rumours about which drivers are being targeted by which teams, which are about to be dumped, and which are going to be revived after spending time on the sidelines. The 2004-2005 period is no different.

With Jacques Villeneuve - the 1997 World Champion - returning to the fray, the pieces of Formula One’s 2005 driver line-up puzzle are beginning to fall into place. With Jaguar and Ford pulling out, there was the prospect of the remaining teams having to run three cars each, but Red Bull’s purchase of the team should avert that eventuality. The numbers are allocated with reference to final 2004 championship positions.

Formula One 2005

Ferrari
1 Michael Schumacher
2 Rubéns Barrichello
T Luca Badoer
T Marc Gené

BAR - Honda
3 Jenson Button
4 Takuma Sato
T ?

Renault
5 Giancarlo Fisichella
6 Fernando Alonso
T ?

Williams - BMW
7 Mark Webber
8 Antônio Pizzonia ?
T ?

McLaren - Mercedes-Benz
9 Juán Pablo Montoya
10 Kimi Räikkönen
T ?

Sauber - Petronas
11 Jacques Villeneuve
12 Felipe Massa
T ?

Red Bull Racing*
14 Vitantonio Liuzzi ?
15 Christian Klien ?
T Björn Wirdheim ?
* this team takes over Jaguar in 2005

Toyota
16 Ralf Schumacher
17 Jarno Trulli
T Olivier Panis
T Ricardo Zonta

Jordan - Toyota
18 Nick Heidfeld ?
19 Timo Glock ?
T ?

Minardi - Cosworth
20 Gianmaria Bruni ?
21 Zsolt Baumgartner ?
T ?

Also available:
David Coulthard, Anthony Davidson, Timo Glock, Cristiano da Matta, Giorgio Pantano, Jos Verstappen, Justin Wilson, etc.