Silly Season is actually almost over, can you believe it? Last year, we went right down to the first race before we found out if everything was true. This year, drivers are being picked up all over the place! But, there's some drivers that FINALLY have the rides they deserve, so that should make for some awesome F1 racing in '07.
OFFICIAL LIST OF TEAMS AND DRIVERS
Scuderia Ferrari
Felipe Massa (Confirmed thru 200 cool
Kimi Raikkonen (Confirmed thru 2009)
Luca Badoer and Marc Gene continue as test drivers.
Ing Renault F1
Giancarlo Fisichella (Confirmed thru 2007)
Heikki Kovalainen (Confirmed thru 2007)
New test drivers are Ricardo Zonta (formerly a Toyota tester) and GP2 runner-up (and A1GP Brazil representative) Nelson Piquet Jr., a rising star said to be the next Emerson Fittipaldi.
Vodafone McLaren (Mercedes)
Fernando Alonso (Confirmed thru 2007 with options)
This is the only really big interesting story of the Silly Season. Three drivers are all poised at the bit to take this seat, although I think Gary Paffett is the dark horse. The real drivers aiming for the chair are the 2006 GP2 Series Champion, Lewis Hamilton, and last year's backup man, Pedro De La Rosa.
Honda F1
Jenson Button (Confirmed thru 2007 with options)
Rubens Barrichello (Confirmed thru 2007)
Christian Klien landed himself a testing role, as well as a newcomer: James Rossiter.
Petronas BMW
Nick Heidfeld (Confirmed thru 200 cool
Robert Kubica (Confirmed thru 2007 with options)
Full-time testing roles are up in the air, because of Sebastien Vettel's Red Bull contract. Timo Glock may also get a chance to test.
Panasonic Toyota
Ralf Schumacher (Confirmed thru 2007)
Jarno Trulli (Confirmed thru 2009)
Frank Montagny finds himself the new Toyota tester.
AT&T Williams F1 (Toyota)
Nico Rosberg (Confirmed thru 2007)
Alexander Wurz (Confirmed thru 2007)
Narain Karthikeyan returns to F1, this time as a test driver for Sir Frank.
Red Bull (Renault)
This be a work in progress, I'm tired right now.
