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520racer's Alternate F1 Universe - 1994 teams and drivers

Posted on April 27, 2018 at 12:54 PM.

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1994 teams and drivers

With an expected 20 teams competing in F1 this year, tying the record set in 1989 for most teams contesting in a single season of F1. And there�s a fair amount of these teams that are brand-new entries meaning that there�s going to be a lot of movement in the drivers market. In addition, with the introduction of the new 3.0 liter engine formula, there�s quite a lot of choices out in the engine market and there�s a maximum supply rule now in place, each engine builder can only supply a maximum of 2 teams and there�s 16 different engines available. Doing the math, it means that four engine makers will have to supply engines for two teams this year. So without any further delays, here�s the entry list complete with any sponsorship deals and a small team preview

NOTE: I tried to be semi-realistic with the engine and driver bids and all bidding results are done via RNG beforehand, so you have been warned.

Williams-Cosworth
Sponsors: Elf, Canon, Rothmans
0 Mika Hakkinen
2 David Coulthard
What a difference an off-season makes, the defending WCC champions lost their Renault works deal due to them losing their 4 time WDC champion Alain Prost and they also lost Damon Hill as well. In comes the new Cosworth V8 engines and a younger driver lineup of Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard.

McLaren-Mercedes
Sponsors: Mobil 1, Marlboro
3 Damon Hill
4 Martin Brundle
Guess Mercedes-Benz is serious about performing in Formula 1, they have signed a five-year works deal with McLaren after spending all of 1993 with customer Ford engines. They also have an all-new driver lineup to boot in Damon Hill, who is a late-bloomer and Martin Brundle, who is a steady veteran driver.

Benetton-Renault
Sponsors: mild seven, Korean Air
5 Gerhard Berger
6 JJ Lehto
How�s your off-season Mr. Flavio? He decided to dump the Ford Works deal and signed a Customer Renault engine deal. In addition, he bought along Gerhard Berger and JJ Lehto as their two new drivers for the new season.

Ferrari
Sponsors: Siemens, Shell
7 Michael Schumacher
8 Nicola Larini
After years of disappointment, the Tifosi must hope to get it right this time around. They signed Michael Schumacher away from Benetton and signed long-time Test driver Nicola Larini to the other race seat. Results are expected right away and expectations are at an all-time high.

Ligier-Mugen
Sponsors: Gauloises
9 Jean Alesi
10 Johnny Herbert
The Ligier team couldn�t afford their final year of the Renault Customer deal, so they turned to Honda to supply them V10 engines rebadged as Mugens for the upcoming season. As for drivers, Jean Alesi and Johnny Herbert are highly capable drivers if given a solid package.

Lotus-Ford
Sponsors: Camel, Hitachi, Loctite
11 Nigel Mansell
12 Pedro Lamy
Arguably, one of the bigger headlines was Nigel Mansell�s return to Team Lotus for his second stint with the team. However, unlike the first stint with the team, he is now satisfied with the management side of the team. But it came at a steep cost, $16 million. They also kept pay driver Pedro Lamy and the customer ford v8 engines.

Sauber-Ferrari
Sponsors: Petronas, Red Bull
13 Christian Fittipaldi
14 Karl Wendlinger
For their second season in F1, Peter Sauber decided to sign a Customer Ferrari engine deal for three years after extension talks with Ilmor broke down. As for drivers they signed Christian Fittipaldi and kept Karl Wendlinger.

Minardi-Honda
Sponsors: Beta
15 Jos Verstappen
16 Ukyo Katayama
After spending all of 1993 away from F1, Honda is back as an engine supplier, this time supplying their newest V12 engine to Minardi. For the small Italian team, this is a massive victory. As for drivers, they bought along Jos Verstappen and Ukyo Katayama.

Footwork-Ford
Sponsors: NONE
17 HH Frentzen
18 Gianni Morbidelli
The Footwork operation enters its fourth season of F1 after buying out Arrows at the end of 1990. Their big issue moving forward is to find extra money because their reserves are starting to run dry. Gianni Morbidelli and HH Frentzen are the drivers and their new car will be using a customer ford engine.

Larrousse-Ilmor
Sponsors: Sanyo
19 Eric Bernard
20 Erik Comas
Gerald Larrousse had his work cut off to find two drivers and a new engine supplier for 1994. They ultimately settled for pay driver Eric Bernard and Erik Comas. As for the engine deal, they picked up the remaining two years of the Ilmor deal that Sauber vacated.

Jordan-Hart
Sponsors: Pepsi, Benson and Hedges, Sasol
21 Rubens Barrichello
22 Oliver Panis
After three seasons of F1, Eddie Jordan�s team has gotten off Rock Bottom and started to bounce back up. The hope is that the new Hart V8 engines are significantly better and that second year driver Rubens Barrichello continues his progress and they bought along Oliver Panis.

Lola-Ford Zetec
Sponsors: Pioneer
23 Michele Alboreto
24 Taki Inoue
The Lola team has a new works engine deal with Ford now. They kept Michele Alboreto for the time being and bought along Pay Driver Taki Inoue. With a newly designed car now in place, can this once legendary name bounce back to being relevant?

Tyrrell-Yamaha
Sponsors: Fondmetal, Nokia
25 Mark Blundell
26 Andrea De Cesaris
After finishing in last place in 1993. Tyrrell is sticking to their guts on this season. They kept Mark Blundell but brought along Andrea De Cesaris out of semi-retirement to provide much needed experience to a team that desperately needs it.

Simtek-Cosworth
Sponsors: NONE
27 David Brabham
28 Domenico Schiattarella
Now comes the brand-new teams. This team wanted to enter F1 on multiple occasions and they got their wish. Can they deliver the goods is another story. They have signed David Brabham, who had brief F1 experience and pay driver Domenico Schiattarella. Their first car will be powered by the Cosworth V8.

Pacific-Rolls Royce
Sponsors: HP
29 Mika Salo
30 Bertrand Gachot
Keith Wiggins who has amazing success in F3000, decided to buy the remains of the scrapped Reynard project and signed a Judd V10 engine deal rebadged as Rolls Royce. As for drivers, Mika Salo and the once-jailed Bertrand Gachot were selected.

Forti-Lamborghini
Sponsors: Paramalat
31 Franck Lagroce
32 Andrea Montermini
Guido Forti has bought the remains of the Fondmetal GR03 chassis and also were successful in a team entry. They have taken over the final year of the Lamborghini V12 deal that Larrousse vacated. As for drivers, they have two complete rookies in Franck Lagroce and Andrea Montermini.

Peugeot
Sponsors: NONE
33 Yannick Dalmas
34 Paul Belmondo
Jean Todt and Peugeot Sport who dominated the WSC over the last two years have entered F1 as a works team. They have bought along Yannick Dalmas who is making his F1 comeback after three years away and Paul Belmondo who has brief race experience with March.

DAMS-Renault
Sponsors: NONE
35 JM Gounon
36 JD Deletraz
With Renault giving them full works support, DAMS have built their own chassis for 1994. However, money will be an issue moving on despite brining in well backed pay drivers, JM Gounon and JD Deletraz, who is making his f1 debut.

Dome-Nissan
Sponsors: NONE
37 Hideki Noda
38 Olivier Beretta
The Japan-based Dome operation, have signed a deal to use Judd V8�S rebadged as Nissans. They have spent their time testing the car at Suzuka and their hope is that their all-rookie lineup of Hideki Noda and Olivier Beretta can perform.

Piquet-BMW
Sponsors: Coca Cola
39 Alessandro Zanardi
40 Pierluigi Martini
Finally, after many attempts in 1993 to continue on but falted. The ex-march team cars has been bought out by Nelson Piquet who signed a works deal with BMW to supply them engines in the back of the never raced 1993-spec Marchs. As for their drivers, Alex Zanardi and Pierluigi Martini were hand-picked.

As soon as I figure out how to use the OS dynasty table generator. I will be posting the race results somewhere and I will also post always up to date Driver and team standings as well. Until then, comment away.