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Who goes where in 2010?

Author

• Mattijs Diepraam

Revision date

• November 19, 2009

Single-seaters

[FIA F1 World Championship]
[IRL IndyCar Series]
[GP2 Series]
[GP2 Asia Series (09-10)]
[World Series by Renault]
[Auto GP Championship]
[FIA International F2 Championship]
[Formula Nippon Championship]
[Superleague Formula]
[Indy Lights]
[Atlantic Championship]
[GP3 Series]
[International Formula Master]
[F3 Euroseries]
[British F3 Championship]
[German F3 Cup]
[Japanese F3 Championship]
[European F3 Open Championship]
[Italian F3 Championship]
[SudAm F3 Championship]
[Australian F3 Championship]
[Finnish F3 Championship]
[International F3 Events]
[Formula BMW Europe]
[Formula Renault Eurocup]


Sportscars

[Le Mans 24 Hours]
[Le Mans Series]
[American Le Mans Series]
[Asian Le Mans Series]
[Grand-Am Series]
[Formula Le Mans Cup]
[FIA GT1 World Championship]
[FIA GT2 European Championship]
[FIA GT3 European Championship]
[FIA GT4 European Cup]
[Super GT Championship]
[International GT Open Championship]
[French GT Championship]
[Italian GT Championship]
[Spanish GT Championship]
[British GT Championship]
[German GT Masters]
[Belcar Championship]
[SPEED GT World Challenge]
[Dutch Supercar Challenge]
[Dutch GT4 Cup]
[Porsche Supercup]


Touring cars, silhouettes & stock cars

[NASCAR Sprint Cup]
[German Touring Car Masters (DTM)]
[FIA World Touring Car Championship]
[Australian V8 Supercars]
[British Touring Car Championship]
[Swedish Touring Car Championship]
[Danish Touring Car Championship]
[Italian Superstars Championship]
[Belgian Touring Car Series]
[SPEED Touring Car World Challenge]
[South African V8 Championship]
[Argentinian TC2000 Championship]
[Argentinian Turismo Carretera Championship]
[Brazilian Stock Car Championship]
[Speedcar Series]
[Andros Ice Racing]

Legend

• Unconfirmed drivers or rumoured names have question marks behind their names
• Names separated by slashes either denote intra-season driver changes (in single-seater championships), drivers sharing a car (in sportscar championships) or, when followed by a question mark, a string of drivers in line for a single particular car
• Names in between brackets denote test drivers
• Available seats are separated by commas

FIA Formula 1 World Championship

• McLaren-Mercedes: Button, Hamilton (Paffett, De la Rosa?)
• Mercedes: Rosberg, Heidfeld? (Di Resta?, Van der Garde?)
• Red Bull-Renault: Vettel, Webber (Ricciardo?)
• Ferrari: Alonso, Massa (Fisichella, M Gené, Bianchi)
• Williams-Cosworth: Barrichello, Hülkenberg
• Renault: Kubica, Kovalainen/Montagny? (Montagny/C Pic/Valsecchi?)
• Force India-Mercedes: Sutil/Fisichella?, Liuzzi (Chandhok/Jani?)
• STR-Ferrari: Buemi, Alguersuari (Hartley?)
• Sauber-Ferrari: Kovalainen/Fisichella?, Klien/Petrov/Parente?
• Campos-Cosworth: Senna, De la Rosa/Soucek/Petrov/Maldonado?
• USF1-Cosworth/Toyota?: De la Rosa/Kobayashi/Nakajima?, JM López? (Summerton/Hildebrand/A Rossi?)
• Manor-Cosworth: Glock, Di Grassi? (Guerrieri/M Chilton?)
• Lotus-Cosworth: Trulli?, Davidson/Sato/Baguette? (Fauzy)

IRL Izod IndyCar Series

• Ganassi: D Franchitti, Dixon?
• Luzco-Dragon: Matos?
• Penske: Castroneves, Briscoe, Power
• Panther: Wheldon
• KV: Moraes?
• Andretti: Patrick, Kanaan, Mc Andretti, Hunter-Reay?
• HVM: Doornbos
• Foyt: Meira?
• Dale Coyne: J Wilson?
• Vision: Carpenter?
• Dreyer & Reinbold:
• Conquest:
• FAZZT: Tagliani
• De Ferran: Dixon?, Mutoh?
• 3G: Antinucci
• NHL: Rahal, Lloyd?
  
  (all in Dallara-Honda)

GP2 Series by Renault and Bridgestone

• ART: Maldonado, Bianchi
• Addax: Van der Garde, Pérez
• Super Nova: Jakes/Ericsson?, Vietoris/Kral?
• Racing Engineering: D'Ambrosio, Clos/R Rodríguez?
• iSport: Valsecchi, Turvey
• DAMS: Valerio/Bird/Vietoris?, Coletti/Piscopo/A Rossi?
• Rapax (Piquet GP): Razia/Coletti?, Arabadhziev/Zampieri?
• Arden: Mortara, Razia/C Pic/González/P Sánchez?
• Ocean: C Pic/Leimer?, González/A Rossi/Eng?
• Coloni: Valerio/Chandhok?, Onidi/Bratt?
• Durango: Castellacci?
• Trident: Coletti?, Cecotto Jr/Piscopo/Onidi?
• DPR: Herck, G Ricci?
  
  (all in Dallara-Mécachrome GP2-08)

GP2 Asia Series by Renault and Bridgestone (2009-10)

• DAMS: Piscopo, Vietoris
• Piquet GP/Rapax: Arabadhziev, Zampieri
• Addax: Razia, M Chilton
• ART: Bird, Ericsson/Bianchi
• Arden: C Pic, González
• Super Nova: Jakes, Kral
• iSport: Valsecchi, Turvey
• Trident: Cecotto Jr, Kralev
• Meritus: Filippi, D Nunes
• Ocean: Leimer, A Rossi
• Coloni: R Rodríguez, Bratt
• DPR: Herck, G Ricci
  
  (all in Dallara-Mécachrome GP2-05)

RPM FR 3.5 World Series by Renault

• Draco: Leo/Castellacci?, Campos Jr/Richelmi/Berthon?
• Carlin: Merhi?, Afanasiev?
• P1: Walker?, Grubmüller?
• Tech 1: Hartley, Ricciardo
• Fortec: G Mansell/Leal?, Lancaster?
• Pons: Leo/Panciatici?, K Magnussen/Iguchi/Faccin?
• Ultimate:
• Epsilon-Euskadi: K Kunimoto, Costa/Rosenzweig?
• Comtec: Zampieri?, D Smith/Quaife-Hobbs/Combot?
• Interwetten: Marinescu/Kouzkin?, Petiz/Castellacci?
• SG: Miguez/Moreau?, Movè/Monras?
• Prema: Castellacci?, Félix da Costa/N Müller/V García/Shaaban?
• ISR: Salaquarda, Charouz
  
  (all in Dallara-Renault T08)

Coloni Motorsport PartyPokerRacing.it Auto GP Championship

• Ombra:
• DAMS:
• Ghinzani:
  
  (all in Lola-Zytek B05/52)

GP3 Series by Renault and Pirelli

• MW Arden:
• ART: Bottas?, E Gutiérrez?
• Addax:
• Jenzer: Varhaug
• Manor: C Ramos?
• Tech 1: Jousse?
• Carlin: M Chilton?, Arundel?
• Hitech: Van der Zande?
• Mücke: Sims?
• Status:
  
  (all in Dallara-Renault GP3-10)

MSC International Formula Master

• JD: C Ramos?, Galli?, Kowalska?
• Cram: Giovesi?, A Roda?
• Jenzer: N Müller?, G Thompson?
• Iris: Frommenwiler?, Mac?
  
  (all in Tatuus-Mader Honda S2000)

Light

• TT: Korjus?
• AK: Marinsek?, Habjan?
  
  (all in Tatuus-Renault FR2000)

ACO Le Mans 24 Hours

P1

• AMR Aston Martin:
• Total Peugeot:
• Pescarolo Pescarolo-Judd:
• Sora Pescarolo-Judd:

P2

• Oak Pescarolo-Mazda:
• Speedy-Sebah Lola-Judd:
• Quifel-ASM Ginetta-Zytek:

GT1

• LAA Corvette:
• Vitaphone Maserati:
• Peka Corvette:
• JLOC Lamborghini:

GT2

• AF Corse Ferrari:
• Prospeed Porsche:
• Felbermayr-Proton Porsche:
• Flying Lizard Porsche:
• Risi Ferrari:
• Farnbacher Ferrari:
• JMW Ferrari:
• BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari:

ACO Le Mans Series

P1

• ORECA ORECA-AIM:
• Signature Plus Courage-Oreca-Judd:
• Speedy-Sebah Lola-Aston Martin: Belicchi
• Sora Pescarolo-Judd:
• Trottet Lola-Judd/Aston Martin:

P2

• Oak Pescarolo-Mazda:
• RML Lola-Mazda: Erdos/Newton
• IRS ORECA-Judd:
• Speedy-Sebah Lola-Judd: Allemann/R Frey/Gachnang/Hirschi/Beche?
• WR-Salini WR-Zytek: P Salini/S Salini
• Pegasus Courage-Oreca-AER:
• Quifel-ASM Ginetta-Zytek: Amaral
• Hache Lucchini-Judd:
• Strakka Acura: Watts/Leventis/A Piccini?
• JAS Acura:
• Araxa Porsche: Lohr
• Jota Ginetta-Zytek:

FLM

GT1

• LAA Corvette:
• Gigawave Nissan:
• Hexis Aston Martin:

GT2

• IMSA Performance Porsche:
• Felbermayr-Proton Porsche:
• Modena Ferrari:
• Farnbacher Ferrari:
• JMW Ferrari:
• AF Corse Ferrari: Alesi?

IMSA American Le Mans Series

LMP (ACO P1 & P2)

• Highcroft Acura: D Brabham
• Autocon Lola-AER:
• Dyson Lola-Mazda: G Smith/C Dyson?, Leitzinger/M Franchitti?
• Intersport Lola-AER: J Field/C Field
• Drayson Lola-Judd: Cocker/Drayson
• Creation Creation-Judd:

LMP (limited programme)

• Total Peugeot:
• Audi North America Audi:
• Joest Audi:
• ORECA ORECA-AIM:

LMP Challenge

• Intersport: Pagerey
  
  (all in ORECA-GM FLM09)

GT (ACO GT2)

• Corvette Racing (Pratt & Miller) Corvette: J Magnussen/J O'Connell, Gavin/O Beretta
• VICI Porsche:
• PTG Panoz: Farnbacher?
• LG Corvette: Gigliotti
• RSR Jaguar: Gentilozzi/Goossens?
• Robertson Ford: A Robertson/D Robertson
• Flying Lizard Porsche:
• Risi Ferrari:
• Extreme Speed Ferrari: S Sharp/E Brown
• Schnitzer BMW:
• Rahal-Letterman BMW: Auberlen/Hand, D Müller/Milner Jr

GT (limited programme)

• Falken Porsche:

GT Challenge

FIA GT1 World Championship

• Vitaphone Maserati:
• PK-SRT Corvette:
• Sangari (DKR) Corvette:
• Hexis Aston Martin:
• Fischer Aston Martin:
• Gigawave Nissan: Krumm/Turner?
• Swiss Racing Team Nissan: Wendlinger
• Matech Ford:
• VDS Ford: Leinders/Kuppens, Mx Martin/De Doncker
• Reiter Lamborghini: Kox

FIA GT2 European Championship

• Kessel Ferrari: Peter/Broniszewski?
• CR Scuderia Ferrari:
• Trackspeed Porsche:
• Prospeed Porsche:
• Jet Alliance Aston Martin:

FIA GT3 European Championship

• Barwell Aston Martin:

BRDC/SRO Avon Tyres British GT Championship

GT3

• Modena Lamborghini:
• Chad Ferrari:

GT4

Cup

NASCAR Sprint Cup

• Waltrip Toyota:
• Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet: McMurray, Montoya
• Joe Gibbs Toyota: D Hamlin, Ky Busch, Logano
• Richard Childress Chevrolet: Ca Mears, Harvick, J Burton, Bowyer
• Richard Childress Chevrolet: Harvick
• Penske South Dodge: Ku Busch, Keselowski, Hornish Jr
• Hendrick Chevrolet: J Gordon, J Johnson, Earnhardt Jr
• Roush-Fenway Ford: Ragan, Biffle, Kenseth, C Edwards
• Richard Petty (GEM) Ford: Kahne, E Sadler, Sorenson, Allmendinger
• Stewart-Haas Chevrolet: T Stewart, R Newman
• TRG Chevrolet: B Labonte
• Furniture Row Chevrolet: Kvapil

Swedish Touring Car Championship

• westCoast BMW: Göransson
• TCS Chevrolet: Rudholm?
• DMS Seat: Danielsson

ITR Formula 3 Euroseries

• ART Dallara-Mercedes: E Gutiérrez?
• Signature-Plus Dallara-Volkswagen: Vernay?, L Vanthoor?
• Prema Dallara-Mercedes: Zampieri?
• Mücke Dallara-Mercedes: Sims?, Wittmann?
• SG Dallara-Mercedes: Caldarelli?
• HBR Dallara-Mercedes:
• Motopark Dallara-Mercedes: K Magnussen, Eriksson, Derani
• Kolles & Heinz Union Dallara-Volkswagen: Dusseldorp?, Imperatori?

BRDC/SRO Lloyds TSB Insurance British Formula 3 International Series

• Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen: Vergne, Calado, Rosenzweig?
• Fortec Dallara-Mercedes: Rosenzweig?, McKenzie?, Webb/Buller?
• Hitech Dallara-Volkswagen:
• Räikkönen-Robertson Dallara-Mercedes: Nasr?

ACISport Italian Formula 3 Championship

• Lucidi Dallara-Fiat: Sekiguchi?
• Prema Dallara-Fiat: Buttarelli?, Venturini?
• Ghinzani Dallara-Fiat: Defendi?, Osmieri?
• Corbetta Dallara-Fiat: A Fontana
• BVM-Target Dallara-Fiat: Richelmi?, C Ramos?, Silvestri?
• Gloria Dallara-Fiat: F Glorioso
• RC Dallara-Fiat: A Roda?
• RP Dallara-Fiat:
• Europa Dallara-Fiat: Marcellan?
• Alan Mygale-Fiat: Mertens?
• Ombra Dallara-Fiat: Barri?

RPM FR 2.0 Formula Renault Eurocup

• SG: Vainio
• Cram: An Negrão

(all in Epsilon-Caparo-Renault 2.0)

Disclaimer

• The data accumulated on this page are a combination of facts, noises and educated guesses. Amongst its sources are press releases, other websites and people from the industry.