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Post by blacktulip on Nov 21, 2011 17:15:03 GMT
Spanish veteran Pedro de la Rosa will make a shock return to the Formula 1 grid in 2012 after signing a deal with HRT.
The 40-year-old McLaren test driver has not had a full season of racing since 2002, and said the chance to get back in the field with HRT was too exciting to turn down.
De la Rosa, who had been strongly linked to a role in the team when they initially gained an F1 entry under the Campos banner in 2009, said HRT's increasingly Spanish flavour was also a factor.
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Post by blacktulip on Nov 29, 2011 17:11:26 GMT
Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will return to Formula 1 with Lotus Renault next season, the Enstone outfit announced on Tuesday morning, after signing a two-year deal with the team.
The 32-year-old Finn has spent the last two seasons in the World Rally Championship after his Ferrari contract was terminated a year early at the end of 2009 so the Maranello outfit could sign Fernando Alonso.
Strong recent speculation had linked Raikkonen to an F1 return with Williams, but in the wake of the announcement that previous lead driver Robert Kubica wouldn’t be fit to return to the sport for the start of next year, rumours suggested that Renault had turned their attention to the 18-time grand prix winner.
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Post by buttonitbmw on Nov 29, 2011 21:26:36 GMT
Do we think Kimi still has it??
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Post by blacktulip on Nov 30, 2011 9:24:53 GMT
Think he will be like MS, still has it but no longer top flight
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Post by susieq on Mar 4, 2012 16:42:58 GMT
Eleven days to go. I've added the full driver line up for 2012. | Team | Name | Name | | Red Bull | Sebastian Vettel | Mark Webber | | McLaren | Jenson Button | Lewis Hamilton | | Ferrari | Fernando Alonso | Felipe Massa | | Mercedes | Michael Schumacher | Nico Rosberg | | Lotus | Kimi Raikkonen | Roman Grosjean | | Force India | Paul Di Resta | Nico Hulkenburg | | Sauber | Sergio Perez | Kamui Kobayashi |
| | Toro Rosso | Daniel Ricciardo | Jean-Eric Vergne |
| | Williams | Pastor Maldonado | Bruno Senna |
| | Caterham | Heikki Kovalainen | Vitaly Petrov |
| | HRT | Pedro De La Rossa | Narain Karthikeyan |
| | Maruissa Virgin | Timo Glock | Charles Pic |
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