They both replaced Will Stevens, Roberto Merhi and Alexander Rossi.
Pascal Wehrlein raced for Manor for the whole season, along with Rio Haryanto. On the 30th of October 2015, Esteban Gutierrez was announced as a driver for Haas F1 in 2016. Following Grosjean's departure from Lotus, Jolyon Palmer will take his seat. He will race for Renault, while Pastor Maldonado confirmed that he will not take part, despite having a contract with Lotus before they were bought by Renault. Kevin Magnussen left McLaren after the team chose Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso for the season. 
Romain Grosjean departed from Lotus, and join the Haas F1 Team. After Renault announced that they would not supply engines to any other teams, Toro Rosso went ahead to use Ferrari's 2015 engine, due to that the decision was made at the last minute. Before the Hungarian Grand Prix, Sauber was bought by Longbow Finance, though Sauber's team founder Peter Sauber confirmed he was retiring. However, on 3 December 2015, Carlos Ghosn confirmed that Renault had bought the team. On 29 November 2015, Gerard Lopez said that the team did not manage to secure the deal, adding that they still had Mercedes engines available as part of the contract. A letter of intent was later signed by Renault to buy Lotus, although the team's identity was not confirmed to have changed. In September 2015, Lotus was under threat by HM Revenue and Customs for not giving enough money for their PAYE tax. On 19 January 2016, they confirmed their team name to be "Manor Racing". However, they have to do a management reshuffle following resignations of John Booth and Graeme Lowdon. Marussia had their engines supplied by Mercedes instead of Ferrari. The team also had plans to use engines from either Mercedes, Honda or Ferrari, but those failed. Christian Horner, team principal of Red Bull, revealed that the team had talks with Volkswagen, but they have been put on hold after the reports of Volkswagen causing emission scandals. Following Red Bull's claim that Renault's engines were not making much performance, they were originally ending their nine-year partnership with Renault, but eventually continued using Renault engines, though their engine name had the TAG Heuer brand. The team also had plans to shake their car down in December 2015 before the beginning of the pre-season testing in 2016, and Dallara made the chassis, having previously made the chassis for HRT in 2010. Power units supplied by Ferrari were used. Haas F1 Team began competing in the F1 World Championship Series after founder Gene Haas cancelled his entry for 2015. Redundant Driver Confirmations DriverĬhanges from last season Team changes Entry list, with drivers, released on 19 February 2016. 5.1 Head to Head: Team-mate comparisons.
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