List of Formula One driver numbers
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Since the start of the 2014 Formula One season, drivers have to choose an available starting number before entering their first Grand Prix.[1] Drivers carry this number throughout their F1 career.
A permanent number cannot be reallocated if the driver associated with that number has driven in the last two seasons. For example, numbers that were used most recently in the 2014 season can be reallocated in 2017, providing that the driver who used the number in 2014 does not return to Formula One in 2016. The FIA have also issued temporary numbers to drivers that are exceptions to this rule. Some of those numbers are 45 (used by André Lotterer in one race), 46 (used by Will Stevens in one race) and 47 (used by Stoffel Vandoorne in one race).
The reigning Formula One World Driver's Champion can elect to use their allocated permanent number or car number 1 during the year following their title. The number 1 was most recently used by Sebastian Vettel in 2014.
The number 17 was used by Jules Bianchi in 2014 before his crash at the Japanese Grand Prix. Following his death, the number was retired as a mark of respect.[2]
Formula One driver numbers
The following lists all Formula One driver numbers currently claimed, as of the 2016 season:
| No. | Driver | Current team | Earliest year available |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reserved for Champion | N/A | 2017 | Champion elected to retain number |
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo |
 Red Bull |
2020 | |
| 4 |  Max Chilton |
Last raced in 2014 | 2017 | |
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel |
 Ferrari |
2020 | |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
2019 | |
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen |
Ferrari |
2019 | |
| 8 |  Romain Grosjean |
 Haas |
2019 | |
| 9 |  Marcus Ericsson |
 Sauber |
2019 | |
| 10 |  Kamui Kobayashi |
Last raced in 2014 | 2017 | |
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez |
 Force India |
2019 | |
| 12 |  Felipe Nasr |
Sauber |
2019 | |
| 13 |  Pastor Maldonado |
Last raced in 2015 | 2018 | |
| 14 |  Fernando Alonso |
McLaren |
2020 | |
| 17 | Jules Bianchi |
Last raced in 2014 | N/A | Retired by FIA following Bianchi's death in 2015 |
| 19 | Felipe Massa |
Williams |
2019 | |
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen |
Renault |
2019 | |
| 21 | Esteban Gutiérrez |
Haas |
2019 | |
| 22 | Jenson Button |
McLaren |
2019 | |
| 25 | Jean-Éric Vergne |
Last raced in 2014 | 2017 | |
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat |
Red Bull |
2019 | |
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Force India |
2020 | |
| 28 | Will Stevens |
Last raced in 2015 | 2018 | |
| 30 | Jolyon Palmer |
Renault |
2019 | |
| 33 |  Max Verstappen |
Toro Rosso |
2019 | |
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
2019 | Reigning season champion |
| 53 | Alexander Rossi |
Last raced in 2015 | 2018 | |
| 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. |
Toro Rosso |
2018 | |
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas |
Williams |
2019 | |
| 88 |  Rio Haryanto |
Manor |
2019 | |
| 94 | Pascal Wehrlein |
Manor |
2019 | |
| 98 | Roberto Merhi |
Last raced in 2015 | 2018 | |
| 99 | Adrian Sutil |
Last raced in 2014 | 2017 | |
| Numbers are released for reselection after two consecutive whole seasons a driver does not race in Formula One.[3] | ||||
| Sources: [4][5][6] | ||||
References
- ↑ http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111796
- ↑ Parkes, Ian (20 July 2015). "The FIA will retire Jules Bianchi's number 17 from Formula 1". Autosport. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ↑ Noble, Jonathan (2 March 2015). "FIA reveals details of new limits on Formula 1 helmet designs". Motorsport. Haymarket Media. Archived from the original on March 23, 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ↑ "F1 2014: The reasons behind the numbers". GP Update. GP Update. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
- ↑ Tremayne, Sam (9 December 2013). "Formula 1 drivers to get permanent numbers from 2014". Motorsport. Motorsport.com. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ↑ "2015 F1 driver numbers". Crash.net. Crash.net. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.