Formula 1 Test Driver: Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) - Story
2006 F1 Car Track Debut:
10 January 2006
Launch Date: 31 January 2006 - Story
Changes for 2006 F1 Season - Engine supplier and Tyre supplier unchanged Renault have taken up an option on Alonso for 2006.
Fisichella stays with Heikki Kovalainen as the third driver.
Formula 1 Race Driver Line-up
(both drivers confirmed) Michael Schumacher(Germany) - Contracted till end
2006 - Story Felipe
Massa (Brazil) - Contracted till end 2006 - Story
Formula 1
Test Drivers: Luca Badoer (Italy) - Story, Marc Gene (Spain) - Story
2006
F1 Car Track Debut: 16 January 2006 - Story Launch Date: 24 January 2006 - Story
Changes for 2006 F1 Season - Engine supplier and tyre supplier unchanged Rubens
Barrichello - Leaves the team at the end of the 2005 season.
Formula
1 Test Drivers: Alexander Wurz (Austria) - Story, Narain Karthikeyan (India) - Story
2006 F1 Car Track Debut: 30 January 2006 - Story
Launch Date: 27 January 2006 - Story
Changes for 2006 F1 Season - Team
switch to Cosworth (story) after BMW acquire majority stake in Sauber.
Team switch to Bridgestone - Story Jenson
Button released from contract - Story Nick Heidfeld moves to BMW - Story
Formula 1 Race Driver
Line-up (both drivers confirmed) Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) -
Confirmed for 2006 and beyond - Story Jenson
Button (UK) - Confirmed for 2006 and beyond - Story
2006 F1 Car Track Debut & Launch Date: 25 January 2006 - Story
Changes for 2006 F1 Season - Engine supplier and tyre supplier unchanged. Honda
fully acquires BAR - Story. Team name yet to be confirmed. Takuma
Sato is replaced by Rubens Barrichello. Sato confirmed with Super Aguri
2006 F1 Car Track Debut & Launch Date: 16 January 2006 -
Story
Changes for 2006 F1 Season - BMW takes majority stake in Sauber - Story. Name changed to
BMW Sauber F1 Team - Story. Engine
supplied by BMW while Tyre supplier unchanged Felipe
Massa - Moves to Ferrari - Story
BMW
takes majority stake in Sauber - Story. Name changed to BMW Sauber F1
Team - Story
MF1 Racing - Midland
Engine: Toyota Tyre:
Bridgestone Country: Russia/UK
Formula 1 Race Driver Line-up (both drivers
confirmed) Christijan Albers (Netherlands) - Confirmed - Story Tiago Monteiro (Portugal)
- As appears on the 2006 FIA Official Entry List
Formula 1 Test Driver: Markus Winkelhock - Story, Nicky Pastorelli - Story
(In doubt)
2006
F1 Car Launch Date: 3 February 2006
Changes for 2006 F1 Season - Engine supplier and Tyre supplier unchanged Name changed from Jordan to MF1 Racing - Story.
Formula 1 Race Driver Line-up (both drivers confirmed) Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy) - Story Scott Speed (USA) -
Story
Formula 1 Test Driver: Neel Jani (Switzerland)
- Story
2006 F1 Car Launch Date: TBC
Changes
for 2006 F1 Season - Engine supplier unchanged Red Bull acquires team.
Names the team Scuderia Toro Rosso (Italian for Team Red Bull) - Story Team switches to Michelin
Red
Bull acquires team. Name changed to Scuderia Toro Rosso - Story
Super Aguri Formula One
Engine: Honda
Tyre: Bridgestone Country:
Japan/UK
Formula 1 Race Driver Line-up (both drivers confirmed) Takuma Sato (Japan) - Story
Sakon Yamamotot (Japan) - replaced Franck Montagny
Franck Montagny (France) - replaced Yuji Ide Yuji Ide (Japan) -
Story
Formula 1 Test Driver: Franck Montagny (France)
New Formula 1 team. Plans to be on the grid in 2006. Awaiting FIA approval - Story Gain approval - Story
Honda
will supplying the engines. Takuma Sato expected to be one of the drivers Other possibilities include Anthony Davidson
and Kosuke Matsuura Bridgestone to supply tyres - Story
