(Ben Johnston 2014)
The 2014 Formula One grid is complete, after the Caterham F1 Team confirmed their line up for this season.
The Leafield based team have confirmed that they have signed former Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi and former GP2 driver Marcus Ericsson.
Kobayshi has been without a drive after losing his seat at Sauber at the end of the 2012 season however the Japanese driver spent 2013 with Ferrari. He spent three year's with the Sauber F1 Team and made his debut with Toyota. In 2012, Kamui became the first Japanese driver to pick up a podium at their home event when he finished third for Sauber at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Ericsson, joins the team having won three race's in four season's in GP2. He also becomes the first Sweedish driver in Formula One in 23 year's. So this is how the grid will look in 2014:
Red Bull Racing: Sebastian Vettel - Daniel Ricciardo
Mercedes AMG F1: Lewis Hamilton - Nico Rosbegrg
Ferrari: Fernando Alonso - Kimi Raikkonen
Lotus F1 Team: Romain Grosjean - Pastor Maldonado
McLaren Mercedes: Jenson Button - Kevin Magnussen
Force India: Nico Hulkneberg - Sergio Perez
Sauber F1 Team: Adrian Sutil - Esteban Gutierrez
Toro Rosso: Jean Eric Vergne - Daniil Kyvat
Williams F1 Team: Felipe Massa - Valtteri Bottas
Marussia: Max Chilton - Jules Bianchi
Caterham F1 Team - Kamui Kobayashi - Marcus Ericsson
The Caterham driver's don't have long to wait until the track action gets underway as pre season testing starts in exactly a week in Jerez.
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