[Dylan Mota]

While watching the World Cup today, (And seeing my Portugal get beaten badly), I started to wonder what the F1 grid would look like if the teams were determined by nationality. I came up with a few of them while watching the snooze fest that was Iran v Nigeria:

Germany- Sebastian Vettel & Nico Rosberg
Finland- Kimi Raikkonen & Valteri Bottas
England- Lewis Hamilton & Jensen Button
Australia- Daniel Ricciardo & Mark Webber
Spain- Fernando Alonso & Carlos Sainz Jr.
France- Jean-Eric Vergne & Jules Bianchi
Mexico- Sergio Perez & Esteban Gutiérrez
Brazil- Felipe Massa & Felipe Nasr
Switzerland- Romain Grosjean & Fabio Leimer
USA- Conor Daly & Alexander Rossi
Russia- Danill Kvyat & Vitaly Petrov

I know I added some guys who aren’t in F1 but there are still some solid teams in there. Which ones do you like? Would you make any changes?

[Little_M_Lo]

Here is a few more…
Netherlands – Giedo van der Garde & Daniël de Jong
Japan – Kamui Kobayashi & Takuma Sato
Sweden – Marcus Ericsson & Jimmy Eriksson
Venezuela: Pastor Maldonado & Julián Leal

also… replace Bianchi with Grosjean, we saw his pace at the end of last season..

[Iestyn Davies]

I wonder if Alguersuari would replace Sainz Jr. Buemi could represent Switzerland.. perhaps Simona soon. I think that Netherlands would rather have Robin Frijns than Daniel de Jong as well. Leal is Columbian, so he could represent with Montoya. Cecotto and Maldonado would be a formidable crash team…. and once Kimi retires, I’d put Rosberg for Finland, and Hulkenberg for Germany! Hulk won the A1 GP for Germany, which followed this concept…

Scotland – Paul di Resta, Susie Wolff ;)
Belgium – Stoffel Vandoorne, Jerome D’Ambrosio
New Zealand – Mitch Evans, Richie Stanaway
Monaco – Stefano Coletti, Stephane Richelmi
Austria – Rene Binder, Lucas Auer

[Iestyn Davies]

Also I reckon that Sweden might take Felix Rosenqvist or Tom Blomqvist over Jimmy Eriksson.

Denmark – Kevin Magnussen, Dennis Lind
Indonesia – Rio Haryanto, Sean Gelael

Depends how many teams you want to have… strangely there’s no Italy team (Ferrari). Ferrari are seeking to bring through Italian youngsters now like Marciello and Fuoco. Bianchi I feel is an honorary Italian in their squad, like Massa was (with Italian heritage).

For 13, I guess I would pick England, Germany, Finland, France, Brazil, Spain, Australia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Netherlands, Switzerland, USA. Reserves: Scotland, Sweden, Belgium.. New Zealand will be strong in a few years. You would be swapping them in and out based on driver performance, so when Scotland lost Coulthard they would drop and USA would step in with Rossi & Daly getting stronger in GP2.

[Little_M_Lo]

Here is a full list then:
Australia – AUS – Daniel RICCIARDO and Mark WEBBER
Austria – AUT – Rene BINDER and Lucas AUER
Belgium – BEL – Stoffel VANDOORNE and Jerome D’AMBROSIO
Brazil – BRA – Felipe MASSA and Felipe NASR
Canada – CAN – Jacques VILLENEUVE and Robert WICKENS
Colombia – COL – Juan Pablo MONTOYA and Julián Leal
Denmark – DEN – Kevin MAGNUSSEN and Dennis LIND
England – ENG – Lewis HAMILTON and Jenson BUTTON
Finland – FIN – Kimi RÄIKÖNNEN and Valterri BOTTAS
France – FRA – Jean-Eric VERGNE and Romain GROSJEAN
Germany – GER – Sebastian VETTEL and Nico ROSBERG
Holland – DEU – Giedo VAN DER GARDE and Robin FRIJNS
India – IND – Narain KARTHIKEYAN and Karun CHANDHOK
Italy – ITA – Giancarlo FISICHELLA and Vitantonio LIUZZI
Japan – JAP – Kamui KOBAYASHI and Takuma SATO
Mexico – MEX – Sergio PEREZ and Esteban GUTIERREZ
New Zealand – NZL – Mitch EVANS and Richie STANAWAY
Russia – RUS – Daniil KVYAT and Vitaly PETROV
Scotland – SCO – Paul DI RESTA and Susie WOLFF
Spain – ESP – Fernando ALONSO and Carlos SAINZ JR.
Sweden – SWE – Marcus ERRICSON and Felix ROSENQVIST
Switzerland – SWI – Sebastian BUEMI and Fabio LEIMER
United States – USA – Alexander ROSSI and Conor DALY
Venezuela – VEN – Pastor MALDONADO and Johnny CECCOTO JR.

24 Nations, 1 winner. I would reckon the best way to determine a winner would be through the current Speedway GP format, just with an extra (6th) round. A 2 Lap race with a Driver-Change in the pits after the first lap! Someone give Jean Todt a call :p

[Mathers]

I’d love to see this sort of competition but surely Denmark would take Tom Kristensen, Austria would want Alex Wurz and perhaps Villeneuve would lose out to Hinchcliffe for Canada? And finally would Marcel Fassler beat Leimer to a Switzerland spot? I think the WEC guys and Hinch from Indy could show how good they are!

[David Not Coulthard]

@pezlo2013 Holland is NED (NEDerland), Germany is DEUtschland (though GER should work just fine).
And what about counting Great Britain as 1 (and Ireland as another 1 as well)?

I think it should be a race (not rally), but also something that takes place on a track with “road” surfaces and “off-road” surfaces.

Have Alex Lifeson, Jon Anderson, Richard Stallman, Linux Torvalds, and Warren Buffet design the track and have them led by @keithcollantine (It might turn out better than Tilkedromes, who knows?).

Participants (copying @pezlo2013’s list and replacing some drivers):

Australia – AUS – Daniel RICCIARDO and Mark WEBBER
Belgium – BEL – Stoffel VANDOORNE and Vanina ICKX
Brazil – BRA – Felipe MASSA and Felipe NASR
Canada – CAN – Jacques VILLENEUVE and Robert WICKENS
The Middle Kingdom :) – PRC – MA Qinghua and Ho-Pin TUNG
Colombia – COL – Juan Pablo MONTOYA and Julián LEAL
Great Britain – GBR – Lewis HAMILTON and Paul DI RESTA
Finland – FIN – Kimi RÄIKÖNNEN and Jari-Matti LATVALA
France – FRA – Sebastien LOEB and Romain GROSJEAN
Germany – DEU – Sebastian VETTEL and Nico HULKENBERG
Holland – NED – Giedo VAN DER GARDE and Robin FRIJNS
India – IND – Narain KARTHIKEYAN and Karun CHANDHOK
Indonesia – INA – Rio HARYANTO and Rifat SUNGKAR
Italy – ITA – Giancarlo FISICHELLA and Davide VALSECCHI
Japan – JAP – Kamui KOBAYASHI and Takuma SATO
Mexico – MEX – Sergio PEREZ and Esteban GUTIERREZ
New Zealand – NZL – Mitch EVANS and Richie STANAWAY
Norway – NOR – The SOLBERG brothers
Russia – RUS – Daniil KVYAT and Vitaly PETROV
Spain – ESP – Fernando ALONSO and Carlos SAINZ JR.
Sweden – SWE – Marcus ERRICSON and Felix ROSENQVIST
Switzerland – SWI – Sebastian BUEMI and Fabio LEIMER
United States – USA – Alexander ROSSI and Ryan HUNTER-REAY
Venezuela – VEN – Pastor MALDONADO and Johnny CECCOTO JR.

[Iestyn Davies]

I think you are spot on @mathers… a bit odd that I didn’t think of them after just watching the Le Mans 24 hrs! I was stuck thinking of single seaters.. Villeneuve might have more pulling power than Hinch, while Fassler doesn’t seem to have any single seater experience.. e.g. Lotterer, Treluyer and Duval are reguarly at the front in Japanese F3000.

Hehe Middle Kingdom.. who would be in the Ireland team? Adam Carroll I think is from Northern Ireland?

[JackySteeg]

I’ve gone for a diverse grid. I feel some drivers who are at the top of other championships, namely sportscars or Indycars, would be better representatives for their nations than drivers who are merely in F1 feeder series. My grid would be like so:

Australia – Daniel Ricciardo & Will Power
Belgium – Stoffel Vandoorne & Jerome D’Ambrosio
Brazil – Felipe Massa & Helio Castroneves
Canada – James Hinchcliffe & Bruno Spengler
Colombia – Juan Pablo Montoya & Carlos Munoz
Denmark – Kevin Magnussen & Tom Kristensen
Finland – Kimi Raikkonen & Valterri Bottas
France – Loic Duval & Romain Grosjean
Germany – Sebastian Vettel & Andre Lotterer
Great Britain – Lewis Hamilton & Jenson Button
India – Narain Karthikeyan & Karun Chandhok
Italy – Giancarlo Fisichella & Gianmaria Bruni
Japan – Kamui Kobayashi & Takuma Sato
Mexico – Sergio Perez & Memo Rojas
Netherlands – Jeroen Bleekemolen & Robin Frijns
New Zealand – Mitch Evans & Scott Dixon
Russia – Daniil Kvyat & Vitaly Petrov
Spain – Fernando Alonso & Carlos Sainz Jr.
Sweden – Marcus Ericsson & Felix Rosenqvist
Switzerland – Sebastian Buemi & Marcel Fassler
United States – Kyle Busch & Ryan Hunter-Reay
Venezuela – Pastor Maldonado & Gustavo Yacaman

[Theo Parkinson]

I always wanted something like this to happen. If it did, I wouldn’t want a drivers prize and I would prefer it to be completely team based. Possibly a championship with driver changes required at 50% distance of each race. Or maybe a tournament, with 2 teams going head to head in a series of heats (qualifying in fast single seaters, an off road rally qualifying, 1v1 3 lap sprint race in touring cars, and a 1v1 25% grand prix distance race with pitstops only for repair). Each driver has to do 2 events. In the group stages if there is a tie both teams get a point, but in the knockout there is a qualifying session that goes like a penalty shootout. Best of 5 flying laps wins.

[Theo Parkinson]

So for the first ever World Motorsport Conference, located in Germany, the groups would be.

Group A
Germany
Spain
United States
Japan

Group B
Finland
Mexico
Russia
Venezuela

Group C
Australia
Belgium
Denmark
Brazil

Group D
Great Britain
France
Switzerland
Italy

The race tracks used would be:
Hockenheim
Grand prix Nuburgring
Original Nuburgring
EuroSpeedway Lausitz
Motorsport Arena Oschersleben
Sachsenring

I do not know of any rally courses although I am sure there are some quality courses, or ones that could be made.

[R.J. O’Connell]

I had an idea of using three-man squads, with two racing drivers and one “substitution” driver if needed.

AUSTRALIA: Mark Webber, Will Power, Daniel Ricciardo
BELGIUM: Jerome d’Ambrosio, Stoffel Vandoorne, Thierry Neuville
BRAZIL: Felipe Massa, Helio Castroneves, Lucas di Grassi
CANADA: James Hinchcliffe, Bruno Spengler, Robert Wickens
COLOMBIA: Juan Pablo Montoya, Carlos Munoz, Gabby Chaves
DENMARK: Tom Kristensen, Kevin Magnussen, Nicki Thiim
ENGLAND: Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Anthony Davidson
FINLAND: Kimi Raikkonen, Valtteri Bottas, Jari-Matti Latvala
FRANCE: Sebastien Loeb, Romain Grosjean, Simon Pagenaud
GERMANY: Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, Andre Lotterer
INDIA: Narain Karthikeyan, Karun Chandhok, Aditya Patel
ITALY: Gianmaria Bruni, Giancarlo Fisichella, Rafaelle Marciello
JAPAN: Takuma Sato, Kamui Kobayashi, Kazuki Nakajima
MEXICO: Sergio Perez, Memo Rojas, Daniel Suarez
NETHERLANDS: Jeroen Bleekemolen, Robin Frijns, Giedo van der Garde
NEW ZEALAND: Scott Dixon, Brendon Hartley, Richie Stanaway
RUSSIA: Vitaly Petrov, Roman Rusinov, Daniil Kvyat
SPAIN: Fernando Alonso, Carlos Sainz Jr, Marc Gene
SWEDEN: Felix Rosenqvist, Matias Ekstrom, Marcus Ericsson
SWITZERLAND: Marcel Fassler, Sebastien Buemi, Fabio Leimer
UNITED STATES: Ryan Hunter-Reay, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch
VENEZUELA: Pastor Maldonado, Johnny Cecotto Jr, Ernesto Viso

Teams missing the cut in qualification stage:

ARGENTINA: Jose Maria Lopez, Facu Regalia, Matias Rossi
AUSTRIA: Alexander Wurz, Richard Lietz, Christian Klien
CHINA: Ho-Pin Tung, Ma Qing Hua, Congfu Cheng
PORTUGAL: Alvaro Parente, Filipe Albuquerque, Antonio Felix da Costa

[David Not Coulthard]

I’ve just realised my idea above basically amounts to rallycross. Having a single-seater race it would be nice, though.

Oh, we’ve got the ROC, haven’t we……? My bad!

A single-seater comparable-to-F1 world cup, though, an A1 GP w ith decent cars, and perhaps without being a spec series (which seems to be the idea behind the creator of this thread), would be nice……

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