LOTUS
WILLIAMS
SAUBER
FORCE INDIA
Romain Grosjean
Pastor Maldonado
Base: Enstone, UK
Team Principal: Gerard Lopez
Chassis: E22
Power Unit: Renault Sport Energy F1-2014
Grosjean
First Season: 1981
World Championships: 2
Highest race finish: 1 (x37)
Pole Positions: 51
Fastest Laps: 36
Last season: Burst out of the gates with Raikkonen winning in Australia in the quick and tyreMaldonado
friendly E21. Car proves a good match for most
circuits and conditions, helping Raikkonen and Grosjean to a further 13
podiums between them, taking team to a strong fourth place overall.
Esteban Gutierrez
Adrian Sutil
Base: Hinwil, Switzerland
Team Principal: Monisha Kaltenborn
Chassis: C33
Power Unit: Ferrari
Gutierrez
First Season: 1993
World Championships: 0
Highest race finish: 1 (x1)
Pole Positions: 1
Fastest Laps: 5
Last season: C32 notable at launch
for unique narrow sidepod design, but
Sutil
initially fails to live up to expectations.
Benefits significantly from mid-season tyre revisions, with
Hulkenberg qualifying third and finishing fifth in Italy as team
score 50 of 57 season points in last eight rounds.
MARUSSIA
Max Chilton
Jules Bianchi
Base: Banbury, UK
Team Principal: John Booth
Chassis: MR03
Power Unit: Ferrari
Chilton
First Season: 2010
World Championships: 0
Highest race finish: 12 (x2)
Pole Positions: 0
Fastest Laps: 0
Last season: Newly-equipped with
KERS, make promising start to season,
outperforming familiar rivals Caterham,
Bianchi
thanks in part to heroics of rookie driver
Bianchi. Points remain elusive, but P13 in Malaysia ultimately enough to clinch team their first top-ten constructors’
championship finish.
Felipe Massa
Valtteri Bottas
Base: Grove, UK
Team Principal: Frank Williams
Chassis: FW36
Power Unit: Mercedes-Benz PU106A Hybrid
Massa
First Season: 1975
World Championships: 9
Highest race finish: 1 (x114)
Pole Positions: 127
Fastest Laps: 131
Last season: Start their campaign with high
expectations, but Renault-powered FW35 a
Bottas
huge disappointment and both Maldonado and
rookie team mate Bottas spend season racing largely outside of the
points, scoring just twice en route to the team finishing ninth overall.
Sergio Perez
Nico Hulkenberg
Base: Silverstone, UK
Team Principal: Vijay Mallya
Chassis: VJM07
Power Unit: Mercedes-Benz PU106A Hybrid
Perez
First Season: 2008
World Championships: 0
Highest race finish: 2 (x1)
Pole Positions: 1
Fastest Laps: 2
Last season: Once again produce
tidy, competitive car and both Di Resta
Hulkenberg
- fourth in Bahrain - and returning Sutil
- fifth