Does it stay with ferrari after he retires?
2006-10-19 10:00:16 · 9 answers · asked by uk_man6 1 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing
Unless Alonso finishes out of the points, he'll be World Champion and his car will be branding the #1 again next year..................for McLaren.
In the case where the World Champion isn't around to defend his championship (Jochen Rindt 1970, Nigel Mansell 1992, Alain Prost 1993), the team He raced for uses the numbers 0 and 2.
In case the World Driving Champion changes team (Michael Schumacher won the 1995 title with Benetton and in 1996 raced for Ferrari - Damon Hill won the 1996 title with Williams and in 1997 raced for Arrows), the driver takes the number with him.
The 1996 Australian Grand Prix with Michael Schumacher as Car No 1
http://www.formula1.com/archive/grandprix/1996/131.html
The 1997 Australian Grand Prix with Damon Hill as Car No 1
http://www.formula1.com/archive/grandprix/1997/147.html
Cars #1 and #2 go to the team with the Defending World Driving Champion WDC)
Cars #3 and #4 go to the highest placed team from the prior year's Constructor Championship NOT containing the WDC
Cars #5 and 6 goes to the next next highest placed team......and so on
2006-10-19 12:51:14 · answer #1 · answered by cyrenaica 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No as the number 1 is Schumachers number. Next season there will be no number 1 but the year after, the world champion will have the number 1 back again
2006-10-19 10:31:43 · answer #2 · answered by bwfc 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This happened in 1993 after Nigel Mansell won the Title then retired in '92, and in 1994 when Alain Prost won the title and retired in '93. Both times with the Williams Renault team, and Damon Hill ran both '93 and '94 with the number '0' on his car, with his teammate running with the number '2' - therefore no car ran with the number '1'.
All it says in the Sporting Regulations is that each Driver (or his replacement) must display the number allocated to him by the FIA prior to the start of the season. So we'll have to wait and see what the FIA see fit to do.
2006-10-19 10:29:27 · answer #3 · answered by Red Five 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nobody can drive car #1 except the previous years Champion. Nigel Mansell Won the 1992 Championship driving for Williams, and then ran CART. In 1993 the Team Williams cars ran #0 & #2.
2006-10-19 14:39:47 · answer #4 · answered by Funny Car 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ferrari will run cars 0 and 2
2006-10-19 10:39:40 · answer #5 · answered by onetruekev 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There will be no # 1. However, the constructor's WC will have the # 0 and 2.
2006-10-20 13:09:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this depends on the constructors' cup. if ferrari wins that, they have cars 1 (raikkonnen) and 2 (massa). If renault wins the constructors' cup, ferrari will have numbers 3 and 4.
2006-10-19 12:02:16 · answer #7 · answered by bhz122 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It'll not going to be Fillipe Massa. Maybe Kimi, if he realy move to Ferrari
2006-10-19 21:20:43 · answer #8 · answered by wannaknow 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would assume that F1 would retire his number, but the team has rights to the car number and can use it at their discretion.
2006-10-19 10:11:06 · answer #9 · answered by Jason W 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋