Alex Yoong is a Malaysian race car driver. He was born in Kuala Lumpur and of mixed parentage - his mother Joanna Bean is from England, while his father, a Malaysian with Chinese ethnic roots is Hanifah Yoong Yin Fah (熊英華), a former racer and manager of the Shah Alam circuit between 1988 and 1998. He married Arriana Teoh in 2002 and a son named Alister was born in 2003.

Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and reigning, two-time, world champion. He currently lives in Oxford, England, and owns a house near Lake Geneva, Switzerland. On September 25 2005 he won the World Driver's Championship title at the age of 24 years and 58 days, thus breaking Emerson Fittipaldi's record of being the youngest F1 champion and is also the youngest double champion. He is nicknamed "El Nano".

Robert Michael Doornbos (born September 23 1981) is a Dutch racing driver. He was the third driver for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team until the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix, when he was promoted to second driver alongside David Coulthard. However, the arrival of Mark Webber at the team for 2007 has forced him to once again step down to the third driver role. Doornbos is currently driving in the 2007 Champ Car World Series season for Minardi Team USA.

Justin Wilson (born 31 July, 1978, Sheffield, England) is a British racing driver from England. In 2006 he competed in the Champ Car series. He competed in Formula One in the 2003 season and was the winner of the 2001 Formula 3000 championship.

Giancarlo Fisichella (born January 14, 1973 in Rome, Italy), also known as Fisico or Fisi, is an Italian Formula One racing driver. He currently drives for the reigning world constructors' champions, Renault, and has previously driven for Sauber, Jordan, Benetton and Minardi. He has won three races in his career to date, …

Mark Alan Webber, called Webbo by some fans, (born August 27, 1976) is an Australian Formula One driver. He was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, son of Alan, the local motorcycle dealer. He is the first Australian to race in Formula One since David Brabham in 1994. After some racing success in Australia, Webber moved to the UK in 1995 to further his motorsports career.

Jos Verstappen (born 4 March, 1972, Montfort) is a Dutch racing driver. He is married to the Belgian ex-kart driver Sophie Kumpen, with who he has two children: Max and Victoria. Verstappen began karting at the age of 8, and was participating in (national) competitions not long after. In 1984 he became Dutch junior champion. He remained successful, and won two European titles and a large number of international races in 1989.

Jarno Trulli (born 13 July, 1974) is an Italian Formula One auto racing driver currently in the employ of the Toyota team

Patrick Friesacher (born September 26, 1980) is an Austrian racing driver who drove for the Minardi Formula One team during the first half of the 2005 season.

Tarso Anibal Santanna Marques (born January 19, 1976 in Curitiba) is a racing driver driver from Brazil. He participated in 24 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on March 31, 1996. He scored no championship points in three separate seasons, all driving for the Minardi team. After five years of karting, Marques raced in Formula Chevrolet in his home country aged only 16, and he won the title at his first attempt.

Christian Fittipaldi (born January 18, 1971, São Paulo, Brazil) is a racing driver, who has competed in various forms of motorsport including Formula One, Champ Car and NASCAR. Named after less known Brazilian driver Christian "Bino" Heinz (killed at LeMans in 1963), he was a highly rated young racing driver in the early 1990s, and participated in 43 Formula One Grand Prix for Minardi and Footwork between 1992 and 1994.

Zsolt Baumgartner (born January 1, 1981, Debrecen, Hungary) is a former Formula One racing driver formerly in the employ of the Minardi team. He was the first Hungarian driver in Formula One. As of March 2007 he is the test and reserve driver for Minardi Team USA.

Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni (born May 30, 1981 in Rome) is an Italian racing driver who in 2004 drove in Formula One with the Minardi team, and is now racing in the F1-supporting GP2 Series. At age ten Bruni lied about his age (twelve was the minimum age for competition) to the director of La Pista d'Oro, a kart racetrack in Rome, in order to begin an amateur karting career.

Matteo Bobbi (born in Milan, July 2, 1978) is an Italian racing driver with experience in several motor sport categories, including Formula One. Bobbi began racing karts in 1995 and progressed to Formula Renault in 1998, where he finished on the podium several times. He tested a Formula One car for Minardi in 2000, and became their official test driver the following year. Also that year, he competed in the Spanish Formula Nissan Championship, in which he won at Valencia.

Anthony Denis Davidson (born 18 April, 1979 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England) is an English racing driver, currently racing in Formula 1 with Super Aguri.

Luca Badoer (born January 25 1971) is an Italian Formula One driver who has raced for the Scuderia Italia, Minardi and Forti Corse teams.

Roberto Pupo Moreno (born February 11 1959 in Rio de Janeiro) is a racing driver from Brazil. He participated in 75 Formula One Grands Prix, achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 15 championship points. He raced in CART in 1986, and was Formula 3000 champion (in 1988) before joining Formula One full-time in 1989. He returned to CART in 1996 and raced full-time until 2003. He currently drives as a temporary substitute and test driver in both Champ Car and IndyCar.

Alessandro "Alex" Zanardi, (born October 23, 1966), is an Italian racing driver. He won two CART championship titles in North America during the late 1990s. He also had a less successful career as a Formula One driver. More recently he has attracted widespread praise for his racing comeback in the aftermath of a crash in 2001 which resulted in him losing both legs. As of 2007 he competes in the World Touring Car Championship.

Enrico Toccacelo (born in Rome, December 14, 1978) is an Italian auto racer with karting, GT and Formula 3000 experience. He won a pair of F3000 events and briefly led Vitantonio Liuzzi in the 2004 championship before Liuzzi went on to win the next three races. He finished runner-up, but, unable to land a Formula One seat, raced in the World Series by Renault series in 2005. From the 2005 Turkish Grand Prix he was the third driver with Minardi, …

Nicolas Kiesa is a racing driver from Denmark. He participated in 5 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on August 3, 2003. He scored no championship points, but finished all his races - unusual for a rookie driver. Before that, he infamously won the 2003 Formula 3000 race at Monaco, when Björn Wirdheim slowed on the last lap on the front straight to greet his team.

Shinji Nakano (born April 1, 1971) is a former Formula One racing driver from Japan.

Gianni Morbidelli (born January 13, 1968 in Pesaro) is a former racing driver from Italy. He participated in 70 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on March 11, 1990. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of 8.5 championship points. He was Italian Formula 3 and Formula 3 European Cup champion in 1989. After doing the first 2 races of the 1990 F1 season for Dallara, he concentrated on Formula 3000.

Esteban Tuero (b. April 22, 1978) is an Argentinian racing driver who raced for the Minardi Formula One team in 1998. Tuero became the third youngest ever F1 driver when he landed his seat alongside Shinji Nakano, and he was tipped for a bright future in the sport, only to shock the paddock by announcing his retirement from the sport at the end of the season following an injury to his neck.

Marc Gené Guerrero is the test driver for the Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team. Recently, he also served as a replacement for Ralf Schumacher for the WilliamsF1 team, following his injury in the 2004 United States Grand Prix. His brother Jordi is also a racing driver, competing in the WTCC for SEAT.

Chanoch Nissany is a motor racing driver. He was born on 29 July 1963 in Tel Aviv, Israel but is now based in Budapest in Hungary. He is a successful businessman, and initially took up motor racing as a hobby. He is Israel's first Formula One driver, and the first Jewish F1 driver since Tomas Scheckter tested for Jaguar in 2000. Nissany is said to have had an unconventional career. He only started racing in 2002, at the relatively late age of 38.

Jean-Marc Gounon (born January 1, 1963 in Aubenas) is a former Formula One driver from France. He participated in 9 grands prix, debuting on October 24, 1993. He scored no championship points. After winning the French Formula 3 Championship in 1989, Gounon moved into Formula 3000 with some success including a couple of wins over three years. He bought a two-race deal with Minardi after Christian Fittipaldi was dropped but he finished neither race, …

Fabrizio Barbazza (born April 2 1963 in Monza, Lombardy) is an Italian former Formula One driver who raced for the AGS and Minardi teams.

is one of several Japanese drivers to try their hand at F1 without making a major impact. However, Katayama was popular in the paddock for his unshakeably sunny disposition and self-deprecating sense of humour ("It is possible to do more with this car - the only problem is my driving!"). Born in Tokyo, he first raced in Europe in 1986 in France before returning home to win the Japanese F3000 series in 1991. His sponsors, Cabin Club, arranged a Formula One seat for Katayama in 1992, …

Luis Perez-Sala Valls-Taberner (born in Barcelona, May 15 1959) was a Spanish racing driver who competed in Formula One, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Touring Cars. Perez-Sala contested the 1985 Italian Formula 3 Championship and moved to Formula 3000 to rather more convincing effect, won races at Birmingham and Enna in 1986. He was runner-up to Stefano Modena in the 1987 F3000 title chase, then drove for the Minardi Formula 1 squad for two seasons alongside Adrian Campos, …

Stéphane Sarrazin is a former Formula One driver from France. He participated in 1 Grand Prix for Minardi, debuting on April 11, 1999 at the Brazilian Grand Prix. He was a replacement for Luca Badoer, who had injured his wrist. He suffered a big shunt in the race on the start/finish straight. He scored 0 championship points. He also carried out testing duties for the Prost team during 1999-2001 Formula One seasons and for Toyota their first season in. In 2003, …

Paolo Barilla (born 20 April 1961 in Milan, Italy) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Minardi team. Paolo is one of the heirs of the vast Barilla pasta empire. Barilla started racing in 1975 and won the Italian 100cc karting title in 1976. In 1980 he entered Formula Fiat Abarth, and moved up to Formula 3 in 1981, where he won some races and finished third in the Italian Championship. Barilla then entered Formula 2 in 1982 with Minardi, …

Pedro Lamy was the son of a second-hand car dealer. He started competing in motocross when young before moving into kart racing and winning the Portuguese title in 1988. The following year he raced in Formula Ford in Portugal and then in 1990 moved to the GM Lotus Euroseries. The following year he joined Draco Racing, succeeding Rubens Barrichello in the drive, won the European title and was recruited to drive for the WTS team in German Formula 3.

Michele Alboreto (December 23, 1956 - April 25, 2001) was an Italian racing driver who participated in Formula One from to in Tyrrell, Ferrari, Larrousse, Arrows, Footwork, BMS Scuderia Italia and Minardi.

Alessandro Nannini (born July 7, 1959) is a former Formula One driver from Italy. He is the younger brother of rock-singer Gianna Nannini.

Giovanni Lavaggi (born February 18, 1958 in Augusta, Sicily) is a former Formula One driver from Italy. A nobleman by background, he raised the money to buy 10 grand prix drives, for Pacific and Minardi, debuting on July 30, 1995. He scored no championship points and was never close to the car's performance limits, being described as "desperately slow" by Jonathan Palmer, although he did well in his sports car foray.

Pierluigi Martini (born April 23, 1961, in Lugo di Romagna, Italy) is an Italian former Formula One driver. He participated in 124 grands prix, debuting on September 9, 1984. He scored a total of 18 championship points. He was synonymous with the Minardi team - he had 3 spells with them, drove for them on their debut in 1985, scored their first point in 1988 USA Grand Prix, …

Andrea de Cesaris (born May 31 1959) is an Italian former race car driver. He holds two distinctions in Formula One: the longest career without a race victory (208 grand prix starts), and also his unofficial title of 'Andrea de Crasheris', owing to a string of accidents early in his career. Though this reputation remained, he matured into a fast and reliable driver, though rarely had the machinery to match his speed.

Gastón Mazzacane is a racing driver from Argentina. He participated in 21 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on March 12, 2000. He scored no championship points. He is Argentina's most recent F1 driver, but is unfortunately best known as a "pay driver". He began his F1 career in 1999 as the test driver for Minardi. In late February, it was announced that he would be the teammate of Marc Gené in the race team.

Adrián Campos Suñer (born in Alcira, Valencia, June 17, 1960) was a Formula One driver from Spain. He participated in 21 Grands Prix, debuting on April 12, 1987. He scored no championship points. He only completed two of the 21 races he entered, although more of these were due to mechanical failures than driving errors. However, these retirements caused him to lose his motivation and in 1988, …