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Right now. My mind is seeing this:
Brawn GP
Barrichello = End of season retirement
Button = Continued contract, so staying in seat
Red Bull
Vettel = Remains in seat
Webber = Remains in seat
Toyota (Remains to be known if the team will remain for 2010)
Jarno Trulli = Possible retirement or a move to one of the new teams.
Timo Glock = More than likely staying with team.
Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen = walking away from F1, possible brawn switch, or moving to rally
Felipe Massa = Staying in seat if his abilty to drive is unaffected by seasons end.
Williams
Nico Rosberg = Remains to be known if he will sign another contract with Williams, possible McLaren move.
Kazuki Nakajima = Performances are varied, so hard to say if Frank will keep him or bring in Nico Hulkenburg
McLaren
Lewis Hamilton = Keeping seat.
Heikki Kovalainen = Risk of losing seat, Gary Paffet or Nico Rosberg could take seat
Renault
Fernando Alonso = Possible move to take Kimi's seat at Ferrari, otherwise staying at Renault.
Roman Grojsean = Staying with the team for another year.
BMW Sauber (Buyer Found)
Nick Heidfeld = Possible move to Brawn, Renault or maybe one of the new teams, USF1 with Wurz maybe?
Robert Kubica = Possible choices, Brawn, Renault, Williams, Ferrari, McLaren.
Toro Rosso (Needing a new buyer)
Sebastien Buemi = Keeping Seat
Jamie Alguersuari = Keeping seat
Force India
Adrian Sutil = Staying with the team or a possible move to BMW's new buyers, Brawn, or Renault
Vitantonio Liuzzi = Continuing with Force India.
USF1
Wurz is rumoured to be in line for a possible for a drive with the team, Marco Andretti, may also be if he is tempted.
Campos
Pedro De La Rosa and Andy Soucek Now F2 champion are seeming to be most in line for the drives here
Manor
I have not read anything to know of any drivers confirmed at the team as of yet.
Lotus
Same as Manor GP at present time.
P.S: This is only my interpretation of things as they stand, I'll update this, as time goes on.
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Renault with KERS just boosts the chances of a unknown winner up on the board... This weekend is just gonna be the pinnacle of the season so far, whatever happens here its going to have a massive impact on the title race. Qualifying will be the most important thing here, as with the 6 KERS drivers getting an extra 80hp on the way down to the chicane which in all fairness is a fair way away from the line, its gonna be more important than ever if Button wants to score decent points to try and secure his title as soon as possible.
Button just needs to go for it as hard as possible without hitting anyone or ditching his car, Rubens needs to hunt him down for everything he is worth and so do the Red Bulls.
If KERS is going to play an advantage here, Button will hope all of them beat him and his rivals to again shrink down his chances of losing points to his fellow championship rivals Barrichello, Vettel and Webber.
I can see this weekend a game of cat and mouse of who will chase the track for set-up and who will go with blind faith in the low downforce set up of the circuit and pray that it can work.
Watch the KERS cars using the boost at the two prime locations, coming out of the 2nd Lezmo to head down the straight to the Ascari Chicane, and after the Ascari Chicane. Anyone in front of a KERS car there I feel will be mince meat and will lose a place easily, I won't be surprised to see the top 10 to contain all if not 4-5 of the KERS cars.
One question I do pose is, With Lewis Hamilton with more or less no chance now mathmatically to win the title, would he help a fellow Brit out to win it? Or would he not get invovled? I find it hard, I mean, Would Barrichello block for Massa in a title situation? Would Heidfeld block For Rosberg in the same situation?
All I can say is i'm looking forward to this weekend with more anticipation than any other weekend for a long while, simply because so much depends on what happens here.
I hope you all can agree with me lol
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