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F1: No Sauber Yet As Virgin On FIA Entry List
The FIA has issued a 2010 F1 World Championship entry list...
Adam Cooper  | http://www.speedtv.com  |  Posted November 30, 2009   Balen (BEL)
The FIA issued their entry list showing the grid for 2010 Monday. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

The FIA issued a 2010 F1 World Championship entry list Monday that includes just 12 rather than the expected 13 teams, with both Toyota and Sauber absent.

A footnote to the list confirms that Toyota remains bound by the Concorde Agreement to enter but has indicated that it does not intend to participate, and that an announcement ‘about this entry will be made in due course.’

It is assumed that the FIA will eventually just replace Toyota with Sauber, although it’s not clear why this process is taking so long. However sources says that FIA President Jean Todt has told Peter Sauber categorically that his team will be in.

The other key revelation is the worst kept secret of recent months, the news that Manor Grand Prix has changed its name to Virgin Racing and its cars will be known as Virgin Cosworths.

The Brawn name still appears on the entry list, although the FIA acknowledges that the team’s intent is to change it to Mercedes Grand Prix.

The list includes all the officially announced drivers, which means there are still single seats available at Mercedes, Renault, Toro Rosso, Campos and Virgin, and two at Lotus and US F1.

Related: 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List

Adam Cooper notched up his 25th season as a racing journalist in 2009. Born in London, England, he saw his first F1 race at age 10 in 1976. He began freelancing for Autosport magazine in 1985 and was on the fulltime staff from 1987-92. He then went freelance again, initially spending two years in Japan before following the 1994 Champcar series from a base in Indianapolis. He has not missed a Grand Prix since Suzuka ‘94, a run that has extended to Abu Dhabi ’09. Adam has written books about Eddie Irvine, Piers Courage and Michael Schumacher and hosts a race preview show on Sirius XM. He has written about F1 for SPEEDtv.com since 2005.



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