Alright, who here would like to make a list of drivers that are officially in/out of F1 next year and where are they going to?

And what are YOUR speculations/expectations for the other drivers that haven't signed on? Or do you see any other driver being in a different series?

Kaz Nakajima..OUT! He'll end up in Super GT series or something like that.

Bold: Confirmed
Italic: Rumored/unconfirmed


McLaren-Mercedes: Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes GP: Nico Rosberg, Nick Heidfeld

Red Bull: Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber

Ferrari: Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso

Williams: Rubens Barichello, Nico Hulkenberg

Renault: Robert Kubica, Heikki Kovalainen / Frank Montagny / Romain Grosjean / Vitaly Petrov

Force India: Vitantonio Liuzzi / Adrian Sutil / Neel Jani / Giancarlo Fisichella / Karun Chandhok

Toro Rosso: Sebastian Buemi, Jamie Alguersuari

Campos Meta: Bruno Senna, Vitaly Petrov / Pastor Maldonado / Pedro de la Rosa / Nelson Piquet, Jr.

Manor GP: Timo Glock, Lucas di Grassi / Christian Klien / Anthony Davidson / Adam Carroll

USF1: Jacques Villeneuve, Franck Montagny, Jonathan Summerton

Lotus: Jarno Trulli /Fairuz Fauzy / Jacques Villeneuve / Christian Klien / Anthony Davidson / Heikki Kovalainen


Qadbak-Sauber: Nick Heidfeld, ???

I imagine that we will have a surprise on "USF1:" sentence

Building off of Porsche's list, my inclination would be:

McLaren - Button, Hamilton
Mercedes - Rosberg, Sutil
Red Bull - Vettel, Webber
Williams - Barichello, Hulkenberg
Ferrari - Massa, Alonso
Renault - Kubica, Grosjean
Force India: - Liuzzi , Fisichella
Toro Rosso - Buemi, Alguersuari
Campos - Senna, de la Rosa
Manor - Glock, Davidson
USF1- Wurz, Sato
Lotus - Klien, Bourdais (in addition to Le Mans 24h)
Sauber - Heidfeld, Kobayashi

[extra series]
Trulli - Nascar
Kimi - WRC & Le Mans 24h
Heikki - WRC
Nakajima - Asian Le Mans Series

... and now I set back and wait for time to prove me completely wrong!

Here's the 'tentative' 2010 Lineup (BOLD is confirmed)

1. Jenson Button - McLaren Mercedes
2. Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes
3. Kimi Raikkonen? - Mercedes F1 Team
4. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes F1 Team
5. Sebastien Vettel - Red Bull Renault
6. Mark Webber - Red Bull Renault
7. Felipe Massa - Scuderia Marlboro Ferrari
8. Fernando Alonso - Scuderia Marlboro Ferrari
9. ???? (Toyota's spot in the championship)
10. ???? (Toyota's spot in the championship)
11. Rubens Barrichello - Williams Cosworth
12. Nico Hulkenberg - Williams Cosworth
14. Robert Kubica - Renault F1 Team? (believe the team has confirmed their entry, but still up in the air?)
15. Roman Grosjean? - Renault F1 Team (believe the team has confirmed their entry, but still up in the air?)
16. ???????????????? - Force India (engines?)
17. ???????????????? - Force India (engines?)
18. Sebastien Buemi? - Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari
19. Jaime Algesuari? - Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari

NEW TEAMS (NUMBERS TO BE DETERMINED)

Timo Glock - Manor Cosworth
Lucas Di Grassi - Manor Cosworth
Bruno Senna - Campos Cosworth
???????????? - Campos Cosworth
Jarno Trulli? - Lotus F1 Team
???????????? - Lotus F1 Team
Jose Maria Lopez? - USF1 Cosworth
???????????? - USF1 Cosworth

DRIVERS AVAILABLE
Kimi Raikonnen?
Heikki Kovalainen
Jarno Trulli?
Nick Heidfeld
Kaz Nakajima
Adrian Sutil
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Sebastian Bourdais
Pedro De La Rosa
Kamui Kobayashi
Jacques Villeneuve
Michael Schumacher
Nigel Mansell

The last one is a joke, but at this point I wouldn't be the least bit surprised....

I'm waiting to see what happens with the Schumacher rumors. If they prove true, he may well partner Rosberg at Mercedes.

Honestly, I don't believe the Schumacher rumour. The man is soon 41 years old. His physical condition has a big question mark over it. There are much younger excellent drivers available.

Sure, it would be "a great thing" to have him back in F1, but if I were looking at building a competitive team for next season, I wouldn't go first to him to look for a driver. Honestly. I know what he achieved in F1 but his time is gone. What happened this Summer with the comeback rumours was more Luca Cordero di Montezemolo dreaming and screwing up than anything else.

On the other hand, perhaps Kimi knows Michael is the other German at Mercedes and that's why he is being pessimistic about his chances.

If the other German in contention for the seat would be someone like Heidfeld, Kimi could be confident getting the seat over him. But if Mercedes already has decided they will go with Schumacher, it's obvious they would not back down from that once they've decided to go that way.

But I remain highly skeptical about that and, as usual, will only believe it when I see it.

I dont believe for one minute 'Neckbrace' will be back! More likely the stepping down from any F1 involvement at Ferrari is due to potential to work with Todt in the FIA, a move Todt was quick to propose after being elected as the new face of Max.

Even Neckbrace himself confirmed his last comeback talk was fuelled by emotion over reality.

MercedesGP-Nico Rosberg, Adrian Sutil. Don't be surprised if he opts out of his contract over at Force India
McLaren Mercedes-Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button. No offense for Button, but he will always be second fiddle to Hamilton on Ron's team.
Red Bull Racing Renault-Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber. Probably strongest team going into next year. Look for Red Bull to win championship.
Scudaria Ferrari Marlboro-Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso. Good luck with TW(team wrecker) Alonso.
RenaultF1-Robert Kubica, Hekki Kovalinen, Vitaly Petrov, Robert Grosjean. Grosjean and his hair will probably be gone.
Force India-Adrian Sutil(probably will not be there), Kharin Chandook, Neel Jani, Vitantonio Luizi. Vijay doesn't pay his bills, Sutil said as late as Monza that he is still owed money from the previous year(2008).
Williams-Rubens Barrichello, Nico Hulkenberg. Another team set, if Hulkenberg works out, this team could surprise a few people.
ManorF1-Timo Glock, Luca di Grassi, Vitaly Petrov(and MOM) P. de la Rosa
Campos-Bruno Senna(not looking for much from him) Vitaly Petrov(and MOM)
USF1-Jonathan Summerton, Jose Maria Lopez, Franck Montagny, Jaques Villeneuve, Kyle Busch, Peter Windsor.
Lotus- Jarno Truli, Kamui Kobaishi, P. de la Rosa.

So, tell me guys, does sitting for 10 years on the sidelines not racing, still make you more qualified for a race seat over someone with no experience in the series. How is Pedro de la Rosa so sought after for racing, if he was at Mclaren for 10 years as a backup, and nobody wanted him, but now they all do? I guess sitting on the sides does help, LOL