2006 Formula 1 Team and Driver Line-up

Renault	Ferrari	Williams	Red Bull	MF1 Racing (Jordan)	Super Aguri
McLaren	Toyota	Honda	BMW Sauber	Scuderia Toro Rosso (Minardi)

Mild Seven Renault F1

Engine: Renault Tyre: Michelin Country: France/UK

Formula 1 Race Driver Line-up
Fernando Alonso (Spain)
Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)

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.

Team McLaren Mercedes

Engine: Mercedes Tyre: Michelin Country: UK

Formula 1 Race Driver Line-up (both drivers confirmed)
Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)
Pedr de la Rosa (Spain) - replaces Montoya - Story

Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia) - prepared to move to NASCAR

Formula 1 Test Drivers: Pedro de la Rosa (Spain), Gary Paffett (UK) - Story

2006 F1 Car Track Debut & Launch Date: 23 January 2006 - Story

Changes for 2006 F1 Season - Race Driver line-up, Engine supplier and Tyre supplier unchanged.
Alexander Wurz moves to Williams - Story

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro

Engine: Ferrari Tyre: Bridgestone Country: Italy

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.

Panasonic Toyota Racing

Engine: Toyota Tyre: Bridgestone Country: Japan

Formula 1 Race Driver Line-up (both confirmed)
Jarno Trulli (Italy) - Story
Ralf Schumacher (Germany) - Story

Formula 1 Test Drivers: Olivier Panis (France), Ricardo Zonta (Brazil)

2006 F1 Car Track Debut: 28 November 2005 - Launch Date: 14 January 2006 - Story

Changes for 2006 F1 Season - Driver line-up and Engine supplier unchanged
Team switch to Bridgestone tyres - Story

Williams F1

Engine: Cosworth - Story Tyre: Bridgestone - Story Country: UK

Formula 1 Race Driver Line-up (both drivers confirmed)
Mark Webber (Australia)
Nico Rosberg (Germany) - Story

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

Lucky Strike Honda F1

Engine: Honda Tyre: Michelin Country: UK/Japan

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

Formula 1 Test Driver: Anthony Davidson - 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

Red Bull Racing

Engine: Ferrari Tyre: Michelin Country: Austria/UK

Formula 1 Race Driver Line-up (both drivers confirmed)
David Coulthard (UK) - Story
Christian Klien (Austria) - Story

Formula 1 Test Driver: Robert Doornbos (Netherlands) - Story

2006 F1 Car Track Debut: 15 December 2005 Launch Date: 9 March 2006 - Story

Changes for 2006 F1 Season - Tyre supplier unchanged
Team switch from Cosworth to Ferrari power

BMW Sauber F1

Engine: BMW Tyre: Michelin Country: Germany/Switzerland

Formula 1 Race Driver Line-up (both drivers confirmed)
Nick Heidfeld (Germany) - Confirmed - Story
Jacques Villeneuve (Canada) - Confirmed - Story

Formula 1 Test Driver: Robert Kubica - Story

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

Sauber Petronas

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.

Jordan Grand Prix

Team taken over by the Midland Group - Story. Name changed to MF1 Racing - Story

Scuderia Toro Rosso

Engine: Cosworth Tyre: Michelin Country: Austria/Italy/UK

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

Minardi

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

Update 1: Team doesn't appear on the 2006 FIA Official Entry List
Update 2: Team's late entry accepted by the FIA - Story

2006 F1 Car Track Debut Date: Shakedown on the 21st of February at Barcelona

Order based on the 2005 Formula 1 Championship results.

TBC - To Be Confirmed
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