F1 Australia: FIA confirms official entry list and race numbers

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From GMM and FIAThe FIA, Formula 1's governing body, confirmed on Monday that Brawn GP drivers have been allocated the lowest race numbers in 2009.The move, revealed in the final version of this season's official entry list, validates the observations at Albert Park in the Australian GP that Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello have been assigned the last pit garages.However, the FIA accepted Brawn's application to race this year on the basis that the Brackley squad is a new entry.Also confirmed in the final entry list, Felipe Massa has swapped places with Kimi Raikkonen and been assigned the higher race number (3) at Ferrari, and a similar change has occurred at Toro Rosso. Official entry list and race numbers N° DRIVER TEAM CONSTRUCTOR1 Lewis HAMILTON (GB) VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES McLAREN MERCEDES2 Heikki KOVALAINEN (FIN) VODAFONE McLAREN MERCEDES McLAREN MERCEDES3 Felipe MASSA (BRA)  SCUDERIA FERRARI MARLBORO FERRARI4 Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (FIN)  SCUDERIA FERRARI MARLBORO FERRARI5 Robert KUBICA (PL) BMW SAUBER F1 TEAM BMW SAUBER6 Nick HEIDFELD (D) BMW SAUBER F1 TEAM BMW SAUBER7 Fernando ALONSO (E) ING RENAULT F1 TEAM RENAULT8 Nelson PIQUET (BR) ING RENAULT F1 TEAM RENAULT9 Jarno TRULLI (I) PANASONIC TOYOTA RACING TOYOTA10 Timo GLOCK (D) PANASONIC TOYOTA RACING TOYOTA11 Sébastien BOURDAIS (F)  SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO STR FERRARI12 Sébastien BUEMI (CH)  SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO STR FERRARI14 Mark WEBBER (AUS) RED BULL RACING RBR RENAULT15 Sebastian VETTEL (D) RED BULL RACING RBR RENAULT16 Nico ROSBERG (D) AT&T WILLIAMS WILLIAMS TOYOTA17 Kazuki NAKAJIMA (J) AT&T WILLIAMS WILLIAMS TOYOTA18 Adrian SUTIL (D) FORCE INDIA F1 TEAM FORCE INDIA MERCEDES19 Giancarlo FISICHELLA (I) FORCE INDIA F1 TEAM FORCE INDIA MERCEDES20 Jenson BUTTON (GB) BRAWN GP FORMULA ONE TEAM BRAWN MERCEDES21 Rubens BARRICHELLO (BR) BRAWN GP FORMULA ONE TEAM BRAWN MERCEDES photo: WRI2