Alvin's Formula One Blog

Here is the winners vs losers piece by Andrew Davies of PlanetF1. Original article HERE . "Monaco is like cycling round your bathroom" is the classic quote. Now try doing it with one eye closed... STAR OF THE RACE Jules Bianchi, Marussia, 9th A historic day in the tax dodgers' principality. One of the drivers who almost certainly doesn't earn enough to live there, managed to score the first ever points for Marussia. Jules Bianchi had to do some robust overtaking en route to his ninth place, but was able to fend off Jean-Eric Vergne (who nerfed him in the rear wing at the hairpin) for a time and finished in front of a McLaren and a Ferrari. He found a unique place to overtake rival Kamui Kobayashi, lunging up the inside into the Rascasse, then banging wheels three times on the way through. This might be the only two points that either Bianchi or Marussia ever score, so, an event not to go unmarked. Overtaking Move of the Race Lap 3...

Finally we have a complete entry list of drivers for this season. And what a way to finally confirm it with a last minute ejection of Luis Razia to be replaced by Jules Bianchi. Bianchi himself was disappointed to be left out when Force India chose Sutil over him just this week. But at least he is racing in F1 this season, even though at a backmarker team Marussia. And now with the final pre-season test over, we can look forward to the first race of the season come Melbourne in about 2 weeks time. Below are our final list of contenders for this year's championship. May the best man win. Driver Entrant Constructor Vettel Red Bull Racing RBR-Renault Webber Red Bull Racing RBR-Renault Button Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren Mercedes Perez Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren Mercedes Alonso Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Massa Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Hamilton Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes Rosberg Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes Raikkonen Lotus F1 Team Lo...

Williams has confirmed Valterri Bottas as their new driver for 2013 replacing Bruno Senna and partnering Pastor Maldonado today. That leaves Senna without a seat for hext year. So below is the latest update of the driver line up for 2013, there are still seats available. We will post updates as soon as they become available. Below list has been updated as of today (Bold = Officially confirmed) Driver Entrant Constructor Vettel Red Bull Racing RBR-Renault Webber Red Bull Racing RBR-Renault Button Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren Mercedes Perez Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren Mercedes Alonso Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Massa Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Hamilton Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes Rosberg Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes Raikkonen Lotus F1 Team Lotus-Renault Grosjean Lotus F1 Team Lotus-Renault Di Resta Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India-Mercedes Sutil Sahara...

The silly season has come and gone but the silliness does not stop. And the speculation continues, the wishing goes on but below we can see an update so far of who goes where in 2013. Some are confirmed, some are not. Today, Charles Pic has been confirmed to move from Marussia to Caterham, not sure replacing Kovalainen or Petrov. Below list has been updated as of today (Bold = Officially confirmed) Driver Entrant Constructor Vettel Red Bull Racing RBR-Renault Webber Red Bull Racing RBR-Renault Button Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren Mercedes Perez Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren Mercedes Alonso Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Massa Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Hamilton Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes Rosberg Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes Raikkonen Lotus F1 Team Lotus-Renault Grosjean...