A list of teams and drivers which have been confirmed or are expected to take part in the 2016 F1 season.
Where a driver had not been confirmed the occupant of the seat for 2015 is listed and marked TBC. Where a team have previously announced a driver has a contract with them for the year this is marked “has contract”. However it is not unusual for contracts to be subject to clauses which can permit them to be broken.
The reigning world champion has the option of adopting the number one or continuing to use his career number.
For 2016 the FIA has changed the criteria drivers must satisfy in order to gain a superlicence to compete in Formula One. See here for a list of which drivers are eligible to race in F1 in 2016:
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Mercedes
44. Lewis Hamilton (Has contract)
6. Nico Rosberg (Has contract)
Test/reserve/third drivers
TBC
Ferrari
5. Sebastian Vettel (Has contract)
7. Kimi Raikkonen (Has contract)
Test/reserve/third drivers
Charles Leclerc
Williams
19. Felipe Massa (Has contract)
77. Valtteri Bottas (Has contract)
Test/reserve/third drivers
Paul di Resta
Alex Lynn
Red Bull
3. Daniel Ricciardo (Has contract)
26. Daniil Kvyat (Has contract)
Test/reserve/third drivers
Pierre Gasly
Force India
27. Nico Hulkenberg (Has contract)
11. Sergio Perez (Has contract)
Test/reserve/third drivers
Alfonso Celis
Renault
20. Kevin Magnussen (Has contract)
30. Jolyon Palmer (Has contract)
Test/reserve/third drivers
Esteban Ocon
Toro Rosso
33. Max Verstappen (Has contract)
55. Carlos Sainz Jnr (Has contract)
Test/reserve/third drivers
TBC
Sauber
9. Marcus Ericsson (Has contract)
12. Felipe Nasr (Has contract)
Test/reserve/third drivers
TBC
McLaren
14. Fernando Alonso (Has contract) / Stoffel Vandoorne
22. Jenson Button (Has contract)
Test/reserve/third drivers
Stoffel Vandoorne
Nobuharu Matsushita
Manor
94. Pascal Wehrlein (Has contract)
88. Rio Haryanto (Has contract) / Esteban Ocon
Test/reserve/third drivers
Alexander Rossi
Jordan King
Haas
8. Romain Grosjean (Has contract)
21. Esteban Gutierrez (Has contract)
Test/reserve/third drivers
TBC
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