Yesterday, the FIA entry list came out. There were a few surprises, but not very many.
The gaps are:
- 1 at Renault (Kubica's team-mate)
- 2 at Force India (even though I thought Liuzzi had a contract and it sounded like he did too)
- 1 at Williams (GP2 champion Maldonado will be Barrichello's team-mate)
- 2 at Toro Rosso (should be Buemi and Alguersuari, but Ricciardo may end up breaking that duo earlier than Toro Rosso was initially thinking he would)
- 2 at Hispania (if the team survives, it'll be Rich and Wealthy 1 and 2)
- 2 at Virgin (expect Timo Glock to stay, but not be announced until the team knows who the new team-mate will be)
If I had to predict, I'd suggest the seats will be filled like this:
- Renault by Vitaly Petrov (he's probably still bringing in a decent amount of money and is occasionally brilliant)
- Force India by Adrian Sutil (they need a leader and Adrian wants to stay in lieu of alternatives) and Paul di Resta (he's clearly been groomed for the role of Force India racer and the non-confirmation of Liuzzi suggests his time has come). di Resta's reserve seat would most likely be taken by Karun Chandhok.
- Toro Rosso by Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari (they've done the same thing as 2009 - leave confirmation as late as possible as part of a pressure tactic to see who their tester (Daniel Ricciardo) should replace).
- Hispania (assuming survival) by Nico Hulkenburg (Williams probably sending some of Maldonado's sponsorship over there in support) and Bruno Senna (who seems to have reliable funding and wasn't too slow last year). Testing to be done by Yamamoto/Klien/whoever has cash this week.
- Virgin by Timo Glock (they need a leader and Timo is showing himself to be a good one) and Jerome d'Ambrosio (backed by Gravity Management, has some money behind him and was some good in GP2). Reserve driver to be Mikhael Aleshkin (he's likely to bring in money and is Russian, which will please new partner Marussia).
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