Grosjean Signs For Lotus
Romain Grosjean will join Kimi Raikkonen at Lotus GP next year. The Swiss driver was chosen ahead of Vitaly Petrov and Bruno Senna. Romain has raced in F1 before, competing in seven races for Renault in 2009. After one year away from F1, it will be interesting what he has learnt. This news through, may course disruptions further down the grid. News is that Vitaly Petrov may now sign for Marussia F1, replacing Timo Glock. Glock has a contract with Virgin/Marussia, but he may be aloud to move to a big team. Williams, Toro Rosso, HRT and Force India are the only teams with spaces, but do any of them count as a big team? There is now a question mark over Bruno Senna as well. Their was not been much talk about his future, and it looks possible that he may have to settle for a test driver role, or a seat in a lower formula?
Maldonado Stays At Williams
Pastor Maldonado will get a second year in F1, after Williams confirmed that he would be racing for them next year. There is now news on who will partner the Venezuelan, only the fact that Valtteri Bottas will remain as their test driver for next year as well. A whole flurry of drivers have been rumoured with a Williams seat. Names include Adrian Sutil, Rubens Barrichello, Timo Glock, Kimi Raikkonen and really, anyone who is, or was, looking for a seat in F1. However, those seats are filling up. There are now only six seats left -
2 Seats at Force India
- Either Adrian Sutil, Paul Di Resta, or Nico Hulkenberg
2 Seats at Toro Rosso
- Either Jaime Alguersuari, Daniel Ricciardo, Sebastien Buemi & Jean-Eric Vergne
1 Seat at Williams
- Either Rubens Barrichello, Adrian Sutil, Bruno Senna, Vitaly Petrov or Timo Glock
1 Seat at HRT
- Either Dani Clos, Jaime Alguersuari or Narain Karthikeyan.
In the coming months, we are expecting definite news from both Force India and Toro Rosso. When their decision are made, there are bound to be some unhappy drivers, and hopefully, one or two surprises as well.
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