2015 Driver Line-ups: Early Predictions

[Jimlaad43]

Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton
Nico Rosberg

Red Bull
Daniel Ricciardo
Danil Kvyat

Williams
Valtteri Bottas
Felipe Massa

Ferrari
Sebastian Vettel
Kimi Räikkönen

McLaren
Fernando Alonso
Kevin Magnussen

Force India
Sergio Perez
Nico Hulkenberg

Toro Rosso
Carlos Sainz Jr
Max Verstappen

Lotus
Romain Grosjean
Pastor Maldonado

Marussia
Jolyon Palmer
Alexander Rossi

Sauber
Jean-Eric Vergne
Sergey Sirotkin

Caterham
Roberto Mehri or Alex Lynn
Robin Frijns

 

[Chris Jenkins]

Original post updated.

Nico Hulkenburg confirmed

 

[MarcoSF94]

My turn!

Mercedes
Hamilton
Rosberg

Ferrari
Vettel
Raikkonen

Red Bull
Already official (Ricciardo/Kvyat)

Williams
Bottas
Massa

McLaren
Alonso
Magnussen

Lotus
Grosjean
Maldonado (unfortunately)

Force India
Hulkenberg
Perez

Sauber
Sutil
Sirotkin

Marussia
Chilton
Rossi

Caterham
Ericcson
Kobayashi

Toro Rosso
Vergne (I hope for him, he deserves it)
Verstappen

 

[SMauler9]

Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton
Nico Rosberg

Red Bull
Daniel Ricciardo
Daniil Kvyat

Williams
Valtteri Bottas
Felipe Massa

Ferrari
Sebastian Vettel
Kimi Räikkönen

McLaren
Fernando Alonso
Kevin Magnussen

Force India
Sergio Perez
Nico Hulkenberg

Toro Rosso
Carlos Sainz Jr
Max Verstappen

Lotus
Romain Grosjean
Esteban Ocon (After his "exceptional" test with Lotus, and Maldonado's thing with Renault, if i remember correctly)

Marussia
Max Chilton
Alexander Rossi

Sauber
Esteban Gutierrez
Jean-Eric Vergne

Caterham
N/A (Don't think they'll make it into next season)

 

[Chris Jenkins]

Original post updated.

I've put Caterham and Marussia as blank for now, as I believe at least one of them will not return to the grid.

 

[Martin Maaskant]

deleted.

 

[Chris Jenkins]

Original post updated.

Nasr announced at Sauber.

Both Sutil and Guitierez on the Free Agents list.

 

[Kartik Sri Harsha]

@Chris Jenkins
This season is one of the weirdest seasons in terms of transfer market isn't it. Now sauber also joined the list of surprise changes

 

[BottasFan]

Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton
Nico Rosberg

Red Bull
Daniel Ricciardo
Daniil Kvyat

Williams
Valtteri Bottas
Felipe Massa

Ferrari
Sebastian Vettel
Kimi Räikkönen

McLaren
Fernando Alonso
Kevin Magnussen

Force India
Sergio Perez
Nico Hulkenberg

Toro Rosso
Carlos Sainz Jr
Max Verstappen

Lotus
Pastor Maldonado
Charles Pic

Sauber
Marcus Ericsson
Felipe Nasr

1Malaysia Racing Team SDN BHD (Caterham)
Roberto Merhi
Robin Frijns

 

[Chris Jenkins]

@BottasFan some interesting predictions there!

You think Grosjean and Chilton will leave F1?

 

[BottasFan]

@BottasFan some interesting predictions there!

You think Grosjean and Chilton will leave F1?

Yes

 

[Martin Larsen]

Has not Grosjean for a few days time ago sign new contrack with Lotus?

 

[Chris Jenkins]

Nothing announced yet, but he probably will

 

[Chris Jenkins]

Original post updated.

Perez confirmed at Force India
Sadly, Marussia removed from the list
Max Chilton now officially a Free Agent

 

[Milos]

Original post updated.

Perez confirmed at Force India
Sadly, Marussia removed from the list
Max Chilton now officially a Free Agent

Kvyat has a double t? Don't think so

 

[Chris Jenkins]

Kvyat has a double t? Don't think so

Oops!

 

[TTupsi]

As it's practically certain (imo) that Alonso is a McLaren man next year, I just realised something... Alonso will bring Santander with him (red) and Honda will (most likely) bring white with them. Could McLaren be red&white again?

 

[Ralf Ääro]

As it's practically certain (imo) that Alonso is a McLaren man next year, I just realised something... Alonso will bring Santander with him (red) and Honda will (most likely) bring white with them. Could McLaren be red&white again?

No. Red/White was due to Marlboro Sponsoring. I don't think they will do that ever again, sadly. McLarens color is orange. The F1 Team has silver/chrome for a long time now. Don't think they will change this.

 

[Chris Jenkins]

The chrome is a Mercedes-influenced scheme though.
I think we'll see something pretty cool next year.

 

[TTupsi]

No. Red/White was due to Marlboro Sponsoring. I don't think they will do that ever again, sadly. McLarens color is orange. The F1 Team has silver/chrome for a long time now. Don't think they will change this.

I wasn't saying they'd bring back the exact same Marlboro-themed livery, just that they will probably do something red&white.