- Associated Press - Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Teams and drivers for the 2014 Formula One championship:

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RED BULL

Base: Milton Keynes, England

Constructors’ Championships: 4

2013 Constructors’ Championship: 1st

Engine: Renault

Team Principal: Christian Horner

Test Drivers: Sebastien Buemi, Antonio Felix da Costa

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Sebastian Vettel

From: Germany

Age: 26

Debut: 2007 U.S. Grand Prix

Races: 120

Wins: 39

Pole Positions: 45

Fastest Laps: 22

2013 Drivers’ Championship: 1st

Best performance in Drivers Championship: 1st (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

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Daniel Ricciardo

From: Australia

Age: 24

Debut: 2011 British Grand Prix

Races: 50

Wins: 0

Pole Positions: 0

Fastest Laps: 0

2013 Drivers’ Championship: 14th with Toro Rosso

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 14th (2013).

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MERCEDES

Base: Brackley, England

Constructors’ Championships: 0

2013 Constructors’ Championship: 2nd

Engine: Mercedes

Team Principals: Toto Wolff (corporate), Paddy Lowe (racing)

Test Drivers: Sam Bird, Paul di Resta

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Nico Rosberg

From: Germany

Age: 28

Debut: 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix

Races: 147

Wins: 3

Pole Positions: 4

Fastest Laps: 4

2013 Drivers’ Championship: 6th

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 6th (2013)

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Lewis Hamilton

From: Britain

Age: 29

Debut: 2007 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 129

Wins: 22

Pole Positions: 31

Fastest Laps: 13

2013 Drivers Championship: 4th

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 1st (2008 with McLaren)

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FERRARI

Base: Maranello, Italy

Constructors’ Championships: 16

2013 Constructors’ Championship: 3rd

Engine: Ferrari

Team Principal: Stefano Domenicali

Test Drivers: Pedro de la Rosa, Marc Gene, Davide Rigon

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Kimi Raikkonen

From: Finland

Age: 34

Debut: 2001 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 193

Wins: 20

Pole Positions: 16

Fastest Laps: 39

2013 Drivers Championship: 5th (with Lotus)

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 1st (2007 with Ferrari)

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Fernando Alonso

From: Spain

Age: 32

Debut: 2001 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 216

Wins: 32

Pole Positions: 22

Fastest Laps: 21

2013 Drivers Championship: 2nd

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 1st (2005, 2006 with Renault)

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LOTUS

Base: Enstone, England

Constructors’ Championships: 0

2013 Constructors’ Championship: 4th

Engine: Renault

Team Principal: Gerard Lopez

Test Drivers: Charles Pic, Nicolas Prost, Marco Sorensen

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Romain Grosjean

From: France

Age: 27

Debut: 2009 European Grand Prix

Races: 45

Wins: 0

Pole Positions: 0

Fastest Laps: 1

2013 Drivers Championship: 7th

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 7th (2013)

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Pastor Maldonado

From: Venezuela

Age: 28

Debut: 2011 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 58

Wins: 1

Pole Positions: 1

Fastest Laps: 0

2013 Drivers Championship: 18th

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 15th (2012 with Williams)

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MCLAREN

Base: Woking, England

Constructors’ Championships: 8

2013 Constructors’ Championship: 5th

Engine: Mercedes

Team Principal: Eric Boullier

Test Driver: Stoffel Vandoorne

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Kevin Magnussen

From: Denmark

Age: 21

No races

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Jenson Button

From: Britain

Age: 34

Debut: 2000 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 247

Wins: 15

Pole Positions: 8

Fastest Laps: 8

2013 Drivers Championship: 9th

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 1st (2009 with Brawn)

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FORCE INDIA

Base: Silverstone, England

Constructors’ Championships: 0

2013 Constructors’ Championship: 6th

Engine: Mercedes

Team Principal: Vijay Mallya

Test Driver: Daniel Juncadella

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Sergio Perez

From: Mexico

Age: 24

Debut: 2011 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 56

Wins: 0

Pole Positions: 0

Fastest Laps: 2

2013 Drivers Championship: 11th (with McLaren)

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 10th (2012 with Sauber)

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Nico Hulkenberg

From: Germany

Age: 26

Debut: 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix

Races: 57

Wins: 0

Pole Positions: 1

Fastest Laps: 1

2013 Drivers Championship: 10th (with Sauber)

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 10th (2013 with Sauber)

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SAUBER

Base: Hinwil, Switzerland

Constructors’ Championships: 0

2013 Constructors’ Championship: 7th

Engine: Ferrari

Team Principal: Monisha Kaltenborn

Test Drivers: Giedo van der Garde, Simona di Silvestro, Sergey Sirotkin

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Esteban Gutierrez

From: Mexico

Age: 22

Debut: 2013 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 19

Wins: 0

Pole Positions: 0

Fastest Laps: 1

2013 Drivers Championship: 16th

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 16th (2013)

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Adrian Sutil

From: Germany

Age: 31

Debut: 2007 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 109

Wins: 0

Pole Positions: 0

Fastest Laps: 0

2013 Drivers Championship: 13th

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 9th (2011 with Force India)

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TORO ROSSO

Base: Faenza, Italy

Constructors’ Championships: 0

2013 Constructors’ Championship: 8th

Engine: Renault

Team Principal: Franz Tost

Test Drivers: Sebastien Buemi

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Jean-Eric Vergne

From: France

Age: 23

Debut: 2012 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 39

Wins: 0

Pole Positions: 0

Fastest Laps: 0

2013 Drivers Championship: 13th

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 13th (2013)

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Daniil Kyvat

From: Russia

Age: 19

No races

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WILLIAMS

Base: Grove, England

Constructors’ Championships: 9

2013 Constructors’ Championship: 9th

Engine: Mercedes

Team Principal: Frank Williams

Test Drivers: Felipe Nasr, Susie Wolff

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Felipe Massa

From: Brazil

Age: 32

Debut: 2002 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 191

Wins: 11

Pole Positions: 15

Fastest Laps: 14

2013 Drivers Championship: 8th (with Ferrari)

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 2nd (2008 with Ferrari)

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Valtteri Bottas

From: Finland

Age: 24

Debut: 2013 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 19

Wins: 0

Pole Positions: 0

Fastest Laps: 0

2013 Drivers Championship: 17th

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 17th (2013)

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MARUSSIA

Base: Banbury, England

Constructors’ Championships: 0

2013 Constructors’ Championship: 10th

Engine: Ferrari

Team Principal: John Booth

Test Drivers: To be announced

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Max Chilton

From: Britain

Age: 22

Debut: 2013 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 19

Wins: 0

Pole Positions: 0

Fastest Laps: 0

2013 Drivers Championship: 23rd

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 23rd (2013)

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Jules Bianchi

From: France

Age: 24

Debut: 2013 Australian Grand Prix

Races: 19

Wins: 0

Pole Positions: 0

Fastest Laps: 0

2013 Drivers Championship: 19th

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 19th (2013)

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CATERHAM

Base: Leafield, England

Constructors’ Championships: 0

2013 Constructors’ Championship: 11th

Engine: Renault

Team Principal: Cyril Abiteboul

Test Drivers: Robin Frijns, Alexander Rossi

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Marcus Ericsson

From: Sweden

Age: 23

No races

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Kamui Kobayashi

From: Japan

Age: 27

Debut: 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix

Races: 60

Wins: 0

Pole Positions: 0

Fastest Laps: 1

2013 Drivers Championship: Did not compete

Best performance in Drivers’ Championship: 12th (2010, 2011, 2012 with Sauber)

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