Driver Line-up

Kiwi3 · 14 Sep 2008, 03:37 (Ref:2289413)

Was going to post in the season 4 thread but we might as well keep a separate thread for driver news/speculation only.

The following is just off the top of my head based on what I remember reading, no guarantee of any accuracy whatsoever!
Bold means confirmed
Normal font means likely, e.g. driver has tested the car or stated intent to drive.
Italics is pure speculation/guesswork.
Order is in likeliness, and lead driver before second driver.

Please update the list with whatever you know.

AUS: Martin
BRA: Junquiera?
CAN: Wickens? Hinchcliffe?
CHN: Cheng
CZE – Gone?
FRA: Montagny, Duval, Prost?
GER: Ammermuller? Vietoris?
GBR: Jarvis? Kerr?
IND: Karthikeyan
INA: Hermanto
IRL: Carroll
ITA: Piscopo, Onidi
KOR: Hwang
LEB: Morad? Beschir?
MAL: Fauzy, Yoong
MEX: Garza?
MON: Piccione
NED: Bleekemolen
NZL: Van der Drift, Reid
PAK: Khan
POR: Alberqueque
RSA: Zaugg, Orr
SUI: Jani
USA: Summerton

F3 Rocks · 14 Sep 2008, 09:51 (Ref:2289572)

AUS: Martin
BRA: Junquiera?
CAN: Wickens? Hinchcliffe?
CHN: Cheng
CZE – Gone?
FRA: Montagny, Duval, Prost?
GER: Ammermuller? Vietoris?
GBR: Jarvis? Kerr?
IND: Karthikeyan
INA: Hermanto
IRL: Carroll
ITA: Piscopo, Onidi
KOR: Hwang
LEB: Morad? Beschir?
MAL: Fauzy, Yoong
MEX: Garza?
MON: Piccione
NED: Bleekemolen
NZL: Van der Drift, Reid
PAK: Khan
POR: Alberqueque
RSA: Zaugg, Orr
SUI: Jani
USA: Summerton[/quote]

Isn't Morad Canadian ? Did he not drive for Canada last season? can he swop nationalities once driven for another country? seems odd!

kerrmanningjarv · 14 Sep 2008, 11:13 (Ref:2289648)

Just going to add:

FRA - Olivier Panis has said he wants to test the car, but don't know if that will happen

IRL - I didn't know Carroll was confirmed?

ITA - there was that rumour about Valentino Rossi flying around, but I doubt it now Mugello is gone from the schedule

KOR - Hung-Sak Mun was listed as the squad's back-up driver on A1GP.com, but has since been removed - not sure what's going on there

MEX - I have heard rumours that David Martinez and Esteban Gutierrez will drive, but nothing solid

USA - there is a rumour about Andretti Green taking over the team, and using Danica Patrick and Marco Andretti

RichardRenes · 14 Sep 2008, 12:23 (Ref:2289717)

AUS: Martin
BRA: Junquiera?
CAN: Wickens? Hinchcliffe?
CHN: Cheng, H.P. Tung?
CZE – Gone?
FRA: Montagny, Duval, Prost?
GER: Ammermuller? Vietoris?
GBR: Jarvis? Kerr? Davidson?
IND: Karthikeyan
INA: Hermanto
IRL: Carroll
ITA: Piscopo, Onidi
KOR: Hwang
LEB: Morad? Beschir?
MAL: Fauzy, Yoong
MEX: Garza?
MON: Piccione
NED: Bleekemolen, van der Zande, van Dam, Albers?, Doornbos?
NZL: Van der Drift, Reid
PAK: Khan
POR: Alberqueque
RSA: Zaugg, Orr
SUI: Jani
USA: Summerton

Kiwi3 · 15 Sep 2008, 05:45 (Ref:2290555)

I may be jumping the gun on Adam Carroll but I read an interview where he said he is concentrating on A1GP in the short term.

jackschmidt · 15 Sep 2008, 05:55 (Ref:2290558)

FRA: O Panis
GER: M Schumacher
ITA: V Rossi

j/k.

But that sure would look fantastic. haha.

kerrmanningjarv · 15 Sep 2008, 14:14 (Ref:2290927)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiwi3

I may be jumping the gun on Adam Carroll but I read an interview where he said he is concentrating on A1GP in the short term.

I hope he does return... really cool driver, quick and aggressive... and one of only a few who tried any overtaking moves at brands Hatch in May

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackschmidt

FRA: O Panis
GER: M Schumacher
ITA: V Rossi

Well Panis has said that he wants to test and there are rumours about Rossi, so 2 of those could come true

dazbaz_99 · 15 Sep 2008, 15:34 (Ref:2291003)

I bumped into Robbie Kerr in the Paddock at Silverstone this weekend. I asked him if he was going to be in A1GP, but he didn't give much away. His words were basically "hopefully, will have to wait and see".

kerrmanningjarv · 15 Sep 2008, 15:53 (Ref:2291015)

Well, Robbie wouldn't be a bad choice because of his experience... no offence to Robbie, though, but I would like to see someone with more recent experience of GP2 or WSR, like Ben Hanley or James Walker (if either is available), for instance. Maybe James Rossiter, ex-Super Aguri F1 tester now in ALMS, could drive. Maybe even Anthony Davidson could be persuaded to drive, although I think he is 100% focused on being back in F1. We'll see.

ASRoma · 15 Sep 2008, 17:37 (Ref:2291073)

AUS: Martin
BRA: I heard that Guimaraes is in Fittipaldi's plans, but he is very young.
CAN: Wickens
CHN: Cheng
CZE – Gone?
FRA: Duval and Prost. Duval was very solid last two seasons. Prost made a very good impression on the team and is strong in Euro 3000.
GER: Germany is gone.
GBR: Jarvis? Kerr? I heard that Turvey might be in for this season.
IND: Karthikeyan
INA: Hermanto
IRL: Carroll
ITA: Piscopo, Onidi
KOR: Hwang
LEB: Morad? Beschir?
MAL: Fauzy, Yoong
MEX: Garza?
MON: Piccione
NED: Bleekemolen (I heard that Van Dam and Van der Zende could also race)
NZL: Van der Drift (I heard that Reid is gone)
PAK: Khan
POR: Alberqueque
RSA: Zaugg, Orr
SUI: Jani + Gachnang and Imperatori as rookies
USA: Summerton

Mak · 15 Sep 2008, 19:45 (Ref:2291194)

Ger:Amermuller, Lotterer, Wittmann

jackschmidt · 15 Sep 2008, 22:53 (Ref:2291345)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kerrmanningjarv

Well, Robbie wouldn't be a bad choice because of his experience... no offence to Robbie, though, but I would like to see someone with more recent experience of GP2 or WSR, like Ben Hanley or James Walker (if either is available), for instance. Maybe James Rossiter, ex-Super Aguri F1 tester now in ALMS, could drive. Maybe even Anthony Davidson could be persuaded to drive, although I think he is 100% focused on being back in F1. We'll see.

I think Robbie deserves some credit. I get the feeling he's so integrated with the team that without him they wouldn't function properly. I don't think he's a great driver and I definitely don't think he needs to be in the driver seat, but his presence on the team I think definitely helps them. I think he's so committed to the team's success.

jondownunder · 15 Sep 2008, 23:45 (Ref:2291370)

I certainly wouldn't want our hopes to rest with Walker.

Kiwi3 · 16 Sep 2008, 03:41 (Ref:2291425)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mak

Ger:Amermuller, Lotterer, Wittmann

Have not heard of Lotterer for a few years now. Is this just speculation or have you read something somewhere? Other rumours suggest Germany are not coming back.

jackschmidt · 16 Sep 2008, 06:08 (Ref:2291487)

That would be most unfortunate if Willi decides to bail out. Was Ammermueller a bit too much?

F3 Rocks · 16 Sep 2008, 07:29 (Ref:2291523)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jondownunder

I certainly wouldn't want our hopes to rest with Walker.

Thats a blunt statement about James, he was leading his last race under extreme pressure and got a punture, get the full story before making wide sweeping statements..............he's good and up to speed in the class of car

kerrmanningjarv · 16 Sep 2008, 17:19 (Ref:2291964)

Germany's flag was on the latest test car, whereas Czech Republic's was not - why would Germany's be on there if they had pulled out?

RichardRenes · 16 Sep 2008, 17:42 (Ref:2291988)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiwi3

Have not heard of Lotterer for a few years now. Is this just speculation or have you read something somewhere? Other rumours suggest Germany are not coming back.

André Lotterer is driving, successfully, in the Japanese Super GT series for some years now.
Loic Duval, Richard Lyons and Ralf Firman are some of his regular adversaries there.

Would make sense to me.

(as would Michael Krumm)

jondownunder · 16 Sep 2008, 21:29 (Ref:2292104)

Quote:

Originally Posted by F3 Rocks

Thats a blunt statement about James, he was leading his last race under extreme pressure and got a punture, get the full story before making wide sweeping statements..............he's good and up to speed in the class of car

I don't base the opinion on one race though, being realistic he's rarely had consistent results in F3 or WSbR. I do appreciate he doesn't have the karting experience of his rivals, but I just think there are plenty of safer bets to deliver for Team GBR.

blew by u · 17 Sep 2008, 04:55 (Ref:2292258)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ASRoma

AUS: Martin
BRA: I heard that Guimaraes is in Fittipaldi's plans, but he is very young.
CAN: Wickens
CHN: Cheng
CZE – Gone?
FRA: Duval and Prost. Duval was very solid last two seasons. Prost made a very good impression on the team and is strong in Euro 3000.
GER: Germany is gone.
GBR: Jarvis? Kerr? I heard that Turvey might be in for this season.
IND: Karthikeyan
INA: Hermanto
IRL: Carroll
ITA: Piscopo, Onidi
KOR: Hwang
LEB: Morad? Beschir?
MAL: Fauzy, Yoong
MEX: Garza?
MON: Piccione
NED: Bleekemolen (I heard that Van Dam and Van der Zende could also race)
NZL: Van der Drift (I heard that Reid is gone)
PAK: Khan
POR: Alberqueque
RSA: Zaugg, Orr
SUI: Jani + Gachnang and Imperatori as rookies
USA: Summerton

VERYINTERESTED TO KNOW WHERE YOU HEARD THAT REID HAS GONE AS IT HAS ALL BEEN VERY HUSH HUSH IN NEW ZEALAND IN REGARDS TO WHO WILL PILOT BLACK BEAUTY. MAYBE YOU COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS

ASRoma · 17 Sep 2008, 14:06 (Ref:2292545)

I heard it in the A1 GP Factory at Silverstone.Already last year at Brands-Hatch people were saying that Johnny would not be back, it seems that Van der Drift will drive all season.Regarding Germany, I'm pretty sur that they won't be back this year.

Lam Pak · 17 Sep 2008, 14:43 (Ref:2292580)

one month to start and teams are not confirm. i wonder what is going on. heard lebanon is past. they given up

RichardRenes · 17 Sep 2008, 16:24 (Ref:2292638)

AUS: Martin
BRA: Junquiera?
CAN: Wickens? Hinchcliffe?
CHN: Cheng, H.P. Tung?
CZE – Gone?
FRA: Montagny, Duval, Prost?
GER: Ammermuller? Vietoris?
GBR: Jarvis? Kerr? Davidson?
IND: Karthikeyan, Sureshwaren, Ebrahim
INA: Hermanto
IRL: Carroll
ITA: Piscopo, Onidi
KOR: Hwang
LEB: Morad? Beschir?
MAL: Fauzy, Yoong
MEX: Garza?
MON: Piccione
NED: Bleekemolen, Doornbos, van der Zande, van Dam
NZL: Van der Drift, Reid
PAK: Khan
POR: Alberqueque
RSA: Zaugg, Orr
SUI: Jani
USA: Summerton

Yes that's right, Team Netherlands confirmed that Jeroen Bleekemolen and Robert Doornbos will share driving duties this year.
Team India confirmed Karthikeyan, Sureshwaren and Ebrahim

kerrmanningjarv · 17 Sep 2008, 17:24 (Ref:2292681)

Ebrahim will count as a rookie they say, so the new rookie rules DON'T apply to GP2 Asia then, just the main series... unless they forgot his GP2 Asia experience

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blew by u · 17 Sep 2008, 20:00 (Ref:2292766)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ASRoma

I heard it in the A1 GP Factory at Silverstone.Already last year at Brands-Hatch people were saying that Johnny would not be back, it seems that Van der Drift will drive all season.Regarding Germany, I'm pretty sur that they won't be back this year.

Suppose thats what you get for finishing second two years in a row, however just a thought who will drive if vanderdrift does not clean up the formula masters this week end by enough points to win overall, because the last round clashes with the firdt round of A1GP

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