Welp, not one week after the chequered flag dropped on the Brazilian Grand Prix, a lot of things are already clicking into place for next year. One thing in particular is how the drivers and teams are lining up. This seems to be how they'll look in 2014:
RED BULL
Sebastian Vettel
Daniel Ricciardo
MERCEDES
Lewis Hamilton
Nico Rosberg
FERRARI
Fernando Alonso
Kimi Raikkonen
LOTUS
Romain Grosjean
Pastor Maldonado
McLAREN
Jenson Button
Kevin Magnussen
FORCE INDIA
Nico Hulkenberg
Sergio Perez
SAUBER
Esteban Gutierrez
Adrian Sutil
TORO ROSSO
Jean-Eric Vergne
Daniil Kvyat
WILLIAMS
Valtteri Bottas
Felipe Massa
MARUSSIA
Jules Bianchi
Max Chilton*
CATERHAM
Charles Pic*
Giedo van der Garde*
* - Not yet confirmed and could still change.
2014 Line-Up
posted on 12/12/13
Checo to Force India.
Another maybe mark removed.
posted on 12/12/13
Di Resta and Sutil, out of a job
posted on 12/12/13
Strong line-up for Force India.
posted on 12/12/13
Hope the Hulk gets a competitive drive one day. He's championship material
posted on 13/12/13
And down goes another asterisk.
Sutil confirmed at Sauber.
posted on 13/12/13
Still no word as to who will join Adrian, but Esteban Gutierrez, Sergey Sirotkin and Vitaly Petrov have all been mentioned.
posted on 13/12/13
Current 2014 F1 driver line-up: at Friday, December 13th 2013, 14:40 GMT
Red Bull-Renault Sebastian Vettel Daniel Ricciardo
Mercedes Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg
Ferrari Fernando Alonso Kimi Raikkonen
Lotus-Renault Romain Grosjean Pastor Maldonado
McLaren-Mercedes Jenson Button Kevin Magnussen
Force India-Mercedes Nico Hulkenberg Sergio Perez
Sauber-Ferrari Adrian Sutil tba
Toro Rosso-Renault Jean-Eric Vergne Daniil Kvyat
Williams-Mercedes Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas
Marussia-Ferrari Jules Bianchi tba
Caterham-Renault tba tba
posted on 13/12/13
Sutil's a bit of a strange one. Older & slower than Di Resta, and considering previous indiscretions I'd be surprised if he has much sponsorship backing!
posted on 21/12/13
Down goes another maybe.
Gutierrez is staying at Sauber.
posted on 21/12/13
So now Marussia and Caterham are the only teams left with uncomfirmed driver line-ups.