FIA Release Official Entry List: No USF1 Or Stefan Grand Prix

The FIA have released the official entry list for the 2010 Formula One World Championship, just a few days ahead of the commencement of Friday Free Practice at the first race of the season in Bahrain. The lateness of the release stems from problems arising from the new teams, notably USF1 who are absent from the table. Having stated they will not be ready in time for Bahrain, Ken Anderson’s and Peter Windsor’s team have been struck off and while Zoran Stefanovic may have been hoping to fill the vacant slot, the FIA have clearly chosen to leave the grid as 12 teams and 24 drivers.

At the time of the release, Hispania Racing only had Bruno Senna down as a driver, but since then Karun Chandhok has been announced. As usual, car number 13 does not feature, tradition dictating that the supposed unlucky number be neglected from the field. The FIA state they will be clarifying the selection process for any vacant grid slots that may arise for the 2011 season in due course.

2010 Formula One World Championship Official Entry List
#	Driver	Constructor	Engine
1. 2.	Jenson Button Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Mercedes
3. 4.	Michael Schumacher Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
5. 6.	Sebastian Vettel Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	Renault
7. 8.	Felipe Massa Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
9. 10.	Rubens Barrichello Nico Hulkenberg	Williams	Cosworth
11. 12.	Robert Kubica Vitaly Petrov	Renault
14. 15.	Adrian Sutil Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Mercedes
16. 17.	Sebastien Buemi Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Ferrari
18. 19.	Jarno Trulli Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Cosworth
20. 21.	Karun Chandhok Bruno Senna	Hispania Racing	Cosworth
22. 23.	Pedro De La Rosa Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Ferrari
24. 25.	Timo Glock Luca Di Grassi	Virgin Racing	Cosworth

Apologies for the tardiness of this post – BlogF1 went down over the weekend due to issues with its host. Everything appears to be back to normal now.