5 Times F1 Drivers Swapped Seats With Each Other

Schumacher pulled some excellent wins out of the bag despite his poor Ferrari in 1996.
Schumacher pulled some excellent wins out of the bag despite his poor Ferrari in 1996.

#3 Jarno Trulli and Giancarlo Fisichella, 2002

Fisichella got the first win of his F1 career in extremely unlikely circumstances
Fisichella got the first win of his F1 career in extremely unlikely circumstances

Whenever a driver isn't winning championships, and their team boss is Flavio Briatore, you know you aren't long for this world. Giancarlo Fisichella had a decent season with Benetton in 2001, but found himself being replaced by fellow Italian, Jarno Trulli for 2002. Fisichella then went on to occupy the seat that was vacated by Trulli at Jordan.

Fisichella enjoyed a decent few years at Jordan, winning his first race at the action-packed Brazilian Grand Prix thanks an alternative strategy before returning to Benetton, now re-branded as Renault for 2005, in place of, you guessed it, Jarno Trulli. Trulli did an impressive job at Renault, and won his first race at Monaco in 2004, but that didn't save him from being sacked towards the end of that season, despite being ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso in the championship standings.

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Edited by Rajdeep Puri
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