Just a few days into 2012 and F1 is the talk of the town once again. The calender for the 2012 race season is out and we are expecting a little more competition to world champion Sebastian Vettel who won the last season comfortably. Two time world champion Kimi Raikkonen will be returning to F1 and driving for the Lotus F1 team.
Teams like Red Bull, Ferrari, Mclaren and Mercedes have not made any changes in there line up as expected. Although Mclaren, Ferrari and Mercedes will be working pretty hard to match up to the speed Red Bull this season. Ferrari was completely out-classes by rivals Red Bull and even Mclaren Last year and their cars looked to lack the pace.
Here’s a provisional list of teams and drivers for the 2012 season
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Team |
Engine |
Race Drivers |
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Red Bull Racing |
Renault |
Sebastian Vettel |
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Mark Webber |
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes |
Mercedes |
Jenson Button |
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Lewis Hamilton |
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Scuderia Ferrari |
Ferrari |
Fernando Alonso |
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Felipe Massa |
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Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
Mercedes |
Michael Schumacher |
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Nico Rosberg |
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Lotus F1 Team |
Renault |
Kimi Räikkönen |
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Romain Grosjean |
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Sahara ForceIndiaF1 Team |
Mercedes |
Paul di Resta |
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Nico Hülkenberg |
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Sauber F1 Team |
Ferrari |
Kamui Kobayashi |
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Sergio Pérez |
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Scuderia Toro Rosso |
Ferrari |
Daniel Ricciardo |
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Jean-Éric Vergne |
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Williams F1 |
Renault |
Pastor Maldonado |
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To be announced |
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Caterham F1 Team |
Renault |
Heikki Kovalainen |
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Jarno Trulli |
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HRT F1 Team |
Cosworth |
Pedro de la Rosa |
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To be announced |
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Marussia F1 Team |
Cosworth |
Timo Glock |
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Charles Pic |
Here’s the much awaited Calender for the 2012 season
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Race |
Race Title |
Grand Prix |
Date |
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1 |
Australian Grand Prix |
Australian GP |
18 March |
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2 |
PetronasMalaysiaGrand Prix |
Malaysian GP |
25 March |
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3 |
UBS Chinese Grand Prix |
Chinese GP |
15 April |
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4 |
Gulf AirBahrainGrand Prix |
BahrainGP |
22 April |
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5 |
Gran Premio de EspañaSantander |
Spanish GP |
13 May |
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6 |
Grand Prix de Monaco |
MonacoGP |
27 May |
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7 |
Grand Prix du Canada |
Canadian GP |
10 June |
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8 |
Grand Prix ofEurope |
European GP |
24 June |
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9 |
SantanderBritish Grand Prix |
British GP |
8 July |
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10 |
Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland |
German GP |
22 July |
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11 |
Eni Magyar Nagydíj |
Hungarian GP |
29 July |
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12 |
Shell Belgian Grand Prix |
Belgian GP |
2 September |
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13 |
Gran Premio Santander d’Italia |
Italian GP |
9 September |
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14 |
SingTelSingaporeGrand Prix |
SingaporeGP |
23 September |
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15 |
Japanese Grand Prix |
Japanese GP |
7 October |
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16 |
Korean Grand Prix |
Korean GP |
14 October |
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17 |
Airtel Indian Grand Prix |
Indian GP |
28 October |
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18 |
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
Abu Dhabi GP |
4 November |
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19 |
United States Grand Prix |
United States GP |
18 November |
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20 |
Grande Prêmio do Brasil |
Brazilian GP |
25 November |
After 4 years, F1 will be returning to US and this time there will be 20 races in the season. India will also host the Indian Grand Prix and for everyone who missed out the last time, well you can catch up all the action this time. We can’t wait for the F1 season to start and who knows what it might turn out to be as there are 6 World Champions fighting for pride in 2012 season.
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