This year, each driver has chosen his number and he will be using it for the rest of his F1 career. So the list is strangely sorted. Drivers of the same team are not necessarily in order. Nonetheless, there are 2 teams which drivers chose consecutive numbers, Caterham and Toro Rosso (and almost Red Bull). Maldonado's choice is very interesting, because he will be racing with #13 on his car. No Name NAT Team 1 Vettel GER Red Bull 3 Ricciardo AUS Red Bull 4 Chilton GBR Marussia 6 Rosberg GER Mercedes 7 Raikkonen FIN Ferrari 8 Grosjean FRA Lotus 9 Ericsson SWE Caterham 10 Kobayashi JAP Caterham 11 Perez MEX Force India 13 Maldonado VEN Lotus 14 Alonso ESP Ferrari 17 Bianchi FRA Marussia 19 Massa BRA Williams 20 Magnussen DEN McLaren 21 Gutierez MEX Sauber 22 Button GBR McLaren 25 Vergne FRA Toro Rosso 26 Kvyat RUS Toro Rosso 27 Hulkenberg GER Force India 44 Hamilton ...

Drivers' Championship At the beginning everything seemed to be OK. 3 drivers were fighting for the title until the GP of Hungary, when Hamilton won the race. At the end of that GP Vettel, Alonso and Raikkonen were separated by just 39 points. A difference quite small and manageable. Everybody knew that Red Bull had the best car, but no one could imagine that Vettel will win all the races of the rest of the season... We can see how the difference escalated on the graph below (click to enlarge).

Φτάνοντας στα μισά του πρωταθλήματος, είναι καιρός να δούμε δύο γραφήματα για τη μέχρι τώρα πορεία των ομάδων και των οδηγών. Και στα δύο είναι ολοφάνερο ότι τόσο η Red Bull, όσο και ο Alonso, εκτός λίγων εξαιρέσεων, έχουν διαρκώς ανοδική πορεία. Καλό καλοκαίρι και ραντεβού τον Σεπτέμβρη

Team Chassis Engine Team Manager 1st Driver 2nd Driver Red Bull Racing RB8 Renault RS27-2012 Horner Vettel Webber Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4/27 Mercedes FO108Z Whitmarsh Button Hamilton Scuderia Ferrari Satander F2012 Ferrari 056 Domenicali Alonso Massa Mercedes AMG Petronas W03 Mercedes FO108Z Brawn Schumacher Rosberg Lotus F1 E20 Renault RS27-2012 Boullier Raikkonen Grosjean Sahara Force India VJM05 Mercedes FO108Z Mallya di Resta Hulkenberg Sauber C31 Ferrari 056 Sauber Kobayashi Perez Scuderia Toro Rosso STR7 Ferrari 056 Tost Ricciardo Vergne Williams F1 Team FW34 Renault RS27-2012 Williams Maldonado Senna Caterham F1 CT01 Renault RS27-2012 Fernandez Kovalainen Petrov HRT F1 Team F112 Cosworth CA2010 Perez-Sala de la Rosa Karthikeyan Marussia MR01 Cosworth CA2010 Booth Glock Pic