After a failed first attempt the 24 F1 drivers of the 2010 season finale finally assembled for the traditional end-of-year ‘class photo’. Here are the pictures.
Several of the teams also marked the end of their 2010 campaigns with group photos of their own which you can see below.
2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Images ?é?® Ferrari spa, Renault/LAT, Getty Images/Red Bull, Force India F1 Team, Lotus F1, Virgin Racing
wasiF1
18th November 2010, 9:53
Off tropic but can anyone shed some light on the drivers line up for the next two days of tyre testing in Abu Dhabi?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
18th November 2010, 10:12
Will be on the site later today.
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
18th November 2010, 9:56
Ah, now this is more like it! We don’t need Bernie or the resident sheik in these pictures, just the drivers.
US_Peter (@us_peter)
18th November 2010, 17:48
Yeah, it’s definitely better without all the big heads in the front.
infy (@infy)
18th November 2010, 10:04
Kieth, could we please get a HD sized photo? 1920×1080. pretty please!
Ben N
18th November 2010, 11:09
Interesting that Yamamoto wasn’t in Hispania’s picture that included Chandhok… have relations soured?
Paddy
18th November 2010, 11:16
Interesting that Chandhok isnt in the car though! :P
Fixy (@)
18th November 2010, 13:27
Why has Chandhok returned to HRT? Wasn’t he at RBR?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
18th November 2010, 11:23
He wasn’t in Abu Dhabi, certainly, he was back in Tokyo.
Ben N
18th November 2010, 11:45
That is true, I had heard that, thanks for confirming Keith!
sumedh
18th November 2010, 11:16
Why do only Dietritch (I hope I got the spelling right) and Helmut allowed to wear casual clothes?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
18th November 2010, 11:36
Because they’re the big cheeses :-)
sato113 (@sato113)
18th November 2010, 12:14
Dietritch can do what he likes. he’s a legend!
sumedh
18th November 2010, 12:31
IMO, the ‘big cheese’ of Red Bull – and perhaps of F1 – at the moment is Adrian Newey. Without Newey, Red Bull would have been nowhere. The Red Bull – although champions – are still a one-man show.
And yeah, what about the predictions championship? I am hoping to finish in the top 50.
Anthony
18th November 2010, 16:53
But he’s an employee.
Jarred Walmsley
18th November 2010, 18:35
Yes, however as there would be no Red Bull let alone RBR without Dietritch I think he deserves the title of big cheese.
Hamish
18th November 2010, 11:32
Ha I do like the seating heirarchy in relation to seating rows.
Ned Flanders (@ned-flanders)
18th November 2010, 11:39
I like the colour in the overalls this season! There’s orange, green, red and yellow mixed in with the usual darks and whites. We could do with more (lighter) blues and fewer whites next season though.
Also, am I right in thinking that the Virgin drivers started the season with black overalls and then switched to whites? And perhaps the same for Hispania?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
18th November 2010, 12:15
I think Virgin’s changed when their new sidepod sponsors came on board for this race.
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
18th November 2010, 12:18
And also because black absorbs heat whilst white reflects it. I can’t imagine it would have been too comfortable to sit in the Virgin in black overalls in places like Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Malaysia and Australia.
DavidS (@davids)
18th November 2010, 12:57
They are in racing suits…the colour won’t make much of a difference, it’s still unbearably hot.
Calum
18th November 2010, 12:07
The cheek of HRT to put Chandolk in such a central position for their team snap!
Surely Mateschitz can wear whatever he likes for the Redbull photo – I certainly wouldn’t have a go at my employer who was pumping £200m+* of his own cash into the team. :P
*Redbull had biggest budget overall
Prisoner Monkeys (@prisoner-monkeys)
18th November 2010, 12:20
Chandhok did more races for HRT than Yamamoto and Klien.
sato113 (@sato113)
18th November 2010, 12:15
any mclaren or ferrari team photos from 2010?
Damon
18th November 2010, 12:25
If only Raikonnen was there, we would have the whole era of 2000-2010 Champions covered. We are only missing the 2007 champion.
Iam F1fans FoReVer
18th November 2010, 13:03
Ah~ what a brilliant season!
JT
18th November 2010, 15:42
definitely one of the best seasons in F1 history in the books. Im already anxious for 2011 needs to get here fasterr
Jonathan Wallcroft
18th November 2010, 16:45
Where’s Sakon in HRTs Pic
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
18th November 2010, 16:53
Read the comments further up the page.
Faraz
18th November 2010, 18:48
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1330861/Steady-Jenson-F1-star-Button-little-wobbly-feet-hes-helped-car-leaving-London-nightclub.html
So here is the great Jenson Button.
Philly9
19th November 2010, 10:06
haha what a lad!
Doug
18th November 2010, 20:58
Great end of season picture showing nicely the 3 tiers of the teams. Top Runners, Mid Runners and the back pack.
Joe Szpara
18th November 2010, 21:36
Its good to see Nick Fry again.. He has been awfully quiet since last year..
Loving the facial hair though!