With Rubens Barrichello seemingly confirmed at Honda/Brawn for 2009, every team except the two Red Bull organizations will start the year with the same driver lineups that they finished 2008 with. This seeming stasis in Formula 1 has left some up and coming drivers out in the cold.This is an unusual amount of stability for Formula 1. It also means all the speculative press from last year amounted to precisely nothing.
