The Formula 1 2019 entry list in full

The season begins in Australia on March 17, and finishes with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 1. The third round, the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on April 14, will be the 1000th world championship F1 race.

The entry list features Lewis Hamilton defending his title with Mercedes and bidding to become the sport’s second-ever six-time F1 champion – plus a raft of wholesale driver changes up and down the grid.

Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen moves from Ferrari to Sauber, switching places with Charles Leclerc.

Seven-time grand prix winner Daniel Ricciardo defects from Red Bull to Renault, replacing Carlos Sainz who moves to McLaren in place of Fernando Alonso. Pierre Gasly steps up from the Toro Rosso team to Red Bull, and is replaced by the returning Daniil Kvyat.

Robert Kubica also rejoins the F1 grid, after a much longer absence of eight years, with Williams.

An influx of rookies is led by Formula 2 champion George Russell, who will partner Kubica. F2 runner-up Lando Norris replaces Formula E-bound Stoffel Vandoorne at McLaren, while third-placed F2 racer Alexander Albon has been favoured at Toro Rosso over Brendon Hartley.

Antonio Giovinazzi, who started two races for Sauber in 2017, gets his full-time graduation with the renamed Alfa Romeo Racing squad – replacing Marcus Ericsson, who will instead race in IndyCar.

Lance Stroll has moved from Williams to Racing Point at the expense of Esteban Ocon, after his father Lawrence bought the team – formerly known as Force India – last August. It is expected to have another name change before the season begins.

Red Bull Racing switches to Honda engines for 2019, joining its sister team Toro Rosso.

The full F1 2019 entry list is as follows…

No.	Driver	Company	Team	Chassis	Engine
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	Mercedes
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	Mercedes	Mercedes
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari SPA	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	Ferrari	Ferrari
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari SPA	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow	Ferrari	Ferrari
10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing Limited	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	Honda
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Limited	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	Honda
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault Sport Racing Limited	Renault F1 Team	Renault	Renault
27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault Sport Racing Limited	Renault F1 Team	Renault	Renault
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas Formula LLC	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	Haas	Ferrari
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Formula LLC	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	Haas	Ferrari
55	Carlos Sainz	McLaren Racing Limited	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	Renault
4	Lando Norris	McLaren Racing Limited	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	Renault
11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point UK Limited	Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point	Mercedes
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point UK Limited	Racing Point F1 Team	Racing Point	Mercedes
7	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber Motorsport AG	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo Racing	Ferrari
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber Motorsport AG	Alfa Romeo Racing	Alfa Romeo Racing	Ferrari
26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso SPA	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Honda
23	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso SPA	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Honda
63	George Russell	Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited	Williams Racing	Williams	Mercedes
88	Robert Kubica	Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited	Williams Racing	Williams	Mercedes