F1
With drivers choosing personal numbers from this year, we look at who picked what.
Since 1996, Formula One numbers have been decided by the Constructors’ World Championship order but new to 2014, drivers now have to pick a number that will adorn their cars and helmets for the rest of their careers.
Sebastian Vettel will of course run the number one after wining last year’s World Championship but he has picked number five as his career number, the number he used in his 2001 karting campaign as well as the year he won his first Formula One World Championship, 2010.
Other standout numbers include Pastor Maldonado who picked 13, a number that has only ever been used twice before in Formula One, Nico Hulkenberg has gone for the much sought after 27 as made famous by Ferrari’s Gilles Villeneuve back when teams ran personal numbers while only Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Adrian Sutil went high, choosing 44, 77 and 99 respectively.
Below is a list of who picked what…
1* Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing3 Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari8 Romain Grosjean Lotus11 Sergio Perez Force India13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari17 Jules Bianchi Marussia19 Felipe Massa Williams20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber22 Jenson Button McLaren25 Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso26 Daniil KvyatToro Rosso27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes77 Valtteri Bottas Williams99 Adrian Sutil Sauber
* Vettel chose 5 as his career number.
