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Old 08-11-2011, 11:45 PM
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Lots of nice P cars. Fiat 500 seem popular and Nick Heidleld rocking the P car 959 along side his Toyota Sienna minivan!


F1 stars' road cars – revealed

So you can impress your mates down the pub with your F1 knowledge and you are totally au fait with who drives which car - but do you actually know what the grand prix gladiators drive every day..?

It is the F1 summer break and news is somewhat thin on the ground at present as all concerned have scampered away for a well-deserved holiday, so to fill the void, we have a slightly different feature for your enjoyment and education. How do you fancy finding out what the grand prix gladiators drive every day on the roads?

Well if you're still reading now, we guess you fancy finding out rather a lot, so without further ado and thanks to information supplied by our friends over at IBN Live, we shall fill you in. Prepare to discover who owns a Maserati Quattroporte, who motors around in a Jeep Grand Cherokee and which classic car enthusiast's garage contains both a Volkswagen Beetle Convertible and a Ford Mustang. Oh yes, and one of them has a van...

Here we go:

Sebastian Vettel: Infiniti FX50S, Fiat 500, Volkswagen T5 van, Mercedes SL 65 AMG Black Series (prize for winning 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)

Mark Webber: Nissan Navara, Porsche 911 Turbo, Porsche GT2 RS, BMW X5, Infiniti M37

Lewis Hamilton: Mercedes GL450

Jenson Button: Mercedes C63 AMG DR 520 (limited-edition, 520bhp), Smart Car

Fernando Alonso: Ferrari 458, Maserati Gran Cabrio

Felipe Massa: Ferrari 599, Maserati Quattroporte

Michael Schumacher: Mercedes S65 AMG, Mercedes GL, Mercedes C63 AMG, Ferrari California

Nico Rosberg: Mercedes C63 AMG

Nick Heidfeld: Lotus Exige, Mini Cooper S, Toyota Sienna, Porsche 959S, Fiat 500, Volkswagen Beetle Convertible, Ford Mustang

Vitaly Petrov: Lotus Evora, Renault Megane

Rubens Barrichello: Audi RS6, Ferrari 575

Pastor Maldonado: Jeep Grand Cherokee

Adrian Sutil: Techart Porsche GT2, Techart Porsche Cayenne, Audi RS4 (“I would never buy a saloon car – it has to be sporty,” he says)

Paul di Resta: No car

Kamui Kobayashi: BMW X5, Lexus IS-F

Sergio Pérez: BMW X3, BMW Z4

Sébastien Buemi: Volkswagen Golf R

Jaime Alguersuari: Seat Leon Cupra R

Heikki Kovalainen: Infiniti FX 50S, Nissan GT-R

Jarno Trulli: Fiat 500

Vitantonio Liuzzi: Mercedes C63 AMG

Timo Glock: Volkswagen Touareg 3.0 TDI, Audi A4 3.0 TDI
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They forgot Sato..
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Button also has (or had) a Veyron
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F1 drivers drive whatever somebody else pays for

Check out the cars Schumie actually drives in the winter

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Pastor drives a Jeep Grand Cherokee...perfect I love it!
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What does A. Wayne drive?????
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Originally Posted by mdrums
What does A. Wayne drive?????
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Old 08-12-2011, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Nordschleife
F1 drivers drive whatever somebody else pays for

Check out the cars Schumie actually drives in the winter

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What does Schumie actually drive in the winter?
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Originally Posted by fuenfer
What does Schumie actually drive in the winter?
Corinna...
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quattro GmbH supply suitable Scandinavian transport

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Originally Posted by DanR
Button also has (or had) a Veyron
he talked about that on top gear- sold it when we realized that whole mess about the tires/ wheels being so expensive to replace
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this list is funny- except for sergio perez. an X3 and a Z4?
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Originally Posted by C.J. Ichiban
he talked about that on top gear- sold it when we realized that whole mess about the tires/ wheels being so expensive to replace
LMAO...he has a $2 million car and is worried about tire costs?
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Originally Posted by Nordschleife
quattro GmbH supply suitable Scandinavian transport

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That's very interesting.

A colleague of mine has a father who bought a villa from Alain Prost. During the negotiations, Prost drove her father somewhere in his car - an Audi - and said he only buys Audis for his family because they are the safest car. Wonder if he really believes this or if he's on Audi's payroll ...
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Originally Posted by Pete
Pastor Maldonado: Jeep Grand Cherokee
Interesting how one of the elite motorsports racers of the world drives an every day "Joe the Plumber" type of vehicle. Oh but I should point out, his Cherokee is not really a Jeep. You have to be a Jeep person to understand.


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