Drivers

Team: Hispania Racing
First F1 Race: 2010 (debut season)

Karun Chandhok was named as the second driver for Hispania Racing after the new Spanish Formula 1 team, formerly known as Campos Meta, secured their future in F1. Chandhok will be the second Indian driver in the history of Formula 1 and teams up alongside fellow F1 novice and former GP2 teammate Bruno Senna for HRT in 2010. The 26 year old became …

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Team: Sauber
First F1 Race: 2009
F1 Races: 2
Best Race Finish: 6th (2009)

Picked up from the departing Toyota F1 team, Kobayashi is an inexperienced driver having completed just 2 Grands Prix but will bring enthusiasm to the Sauber outfit. The 23 year old from Japan started karting in his homeland when he was 9 and was signed up by Toyota’s Driver Academy in 2006. After progressing through the Formula Renault and Formula 3 …

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Team: Sauber
First F1 Race: 1999
F1 Races: 72
Best Championship Finish: 11th (2006)
Best Race Finish: 2nd (2006)

Sauber’s mix of youth and experience in 2010 sees the 37 year old de la Rosa take up the role of the wise head on the team. De la Rosa hasn’t competed in a full Formula 1 season since driving for Jaguar in 2002, but the Spaniard has been involved in F1 for over a …

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Team: Virgin Racing
First F1 Race: 2010 (debut season)

25 year old Lucas di Grassi will make his Formula 1 debut for Virgin Racing in 2010 and the Brazilian will be hoping to make an immediate impact. Di Grassi began his racing career in the Brazilian Formula Renault series in 2002 after impressing in karting. He soon made the step up to Formula 3 and in 2005 finished 3rd behind Lewis Hamilton …

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Team: Virgin Racing
First F1 Race: 2004
F1 Races: 37
Best Championship Finish: 10th (2008-09)
Race Wins: 0 (3 podiums)

German Timo Glock will be Virgin’s lead driver in their maiden F1 season in 2010 where the 27 year old will look to build on two solid seasons back-to-back. After competing in karting in his youth, Glock progressed to the Formula 3 Euro series after being named rookie of the year in the German Formula 3 …

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Team: Toro Rosso
First F1 Race: 2009
F1 Races: 8
Best Race Finish: 14th (2009)

Alongside Sebastien Buemi, 19 year old Jaime Alguersuari is part of the youngest and one of the most inexperienced driver partnerships at Toro Rosso. The young Spaniard was somewhat thrown in at the deep end last season when he replaced Sébastien Bourdais as the second driver at Toro Rosso for the final 9 races of the 2009 F1 season. In …

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Team: Toro Rosso
First F1 Race: 2009
F1 Races: 17
Best Race Finish: 7th (2009)

Rookie Sebastien Buemi heads into his 2nd season in Formula 1 looking to build on the promising start he made to his F1 career in 2009. The 21 year old from Switzerland spent his youth in karting, before moving on to Formula BMW and in turn Formula 3. Prior to his spell in GP2 Buemi also gained some racing experience …

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Team: Renault
First F1 Race: 2010 (debut season)

Russian driver Vitaly Petrov is a newcomer to Formula 1 in 2010 and will become the first Russian driver to compete in F1 when he lines up for the Bahrain Grand Prix. 25 year old Petrov has had a different route to F1 compared to most current drivers due to the lack of motorsport in his homeland. After being spotted in the Russian Lada Cup …

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Team: Renault
First F1 Race: 2006
F1 Races: 57
Best Championship Finish: 4th (2008)
Race Wins: 1 (2008)

25 year old Robert Kubica is one of a handful of talented rookies in Formula 1 at the moment and the Pole will be hoping that a change of team will result in an improvement in his fortunes. Kubica moved to Renault in the close season after spending all of his 4 previous F1 seasons at BMW Sauber …

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Team: Red Bull Racing
First F1 Race: 2002
F1 Races: 140
Best Championship Finish: 4th (2009)
Race Wins: 2

After years as fairly unsuccessful F1 driver, Australian Mark Webber made a huge step forward last season by finishing 4th in the Drivers’ Championship. 33 year old Webber is a vastly experiences Formula 1 driver, having started his F1 career back in 2002 with Minardi, before going on to drive for Jaguar and Williams. Webber joined Red …

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