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This year's GP2 series champion, Italian Davide Valsecchi had hopes to be Kimi Raikkonen's teammate at Lotus F1 Team in 2013, but Romain Grosjean got the job for another year.
Talking to Italian motorsport web site Italiaracing.net, Valsecchi said he now has no idea what he will do in 2013.
“I am now trying to get the job of reseve driver at Lotus. Honestly, I really believed I could find the money to get a full-time drive in Formula 1 next season but there are very few places left”, said Valssechi.
“I was hoping to get the second seat at Lotus , but a little while ago I was told that Grosjean had good chances to be back, and that's what happened. But he deserved it because he is really fast,” the Italian driver added.
“Anyway, I'd like to thank the Lotus team for having run me during the recent young driver test in Abu Dhabi. At this moment, my only hope to get into F1 is to become Lotus' reserve driver, which would be very good because they are the fourth best team. But if that does not happen, I don't know what I'm going to do to make it into F1,” he added.
Lotus F1 Team has not confirmed its third and reserve driver for 2013. However, this year's man, Jerome d'Ambrosio, is a Gravity driver -- the management company headed by Lotus boss Eric Boullier.
Talking to Italian motorsport web site Italiaracing.net, Valsecchi said he now has no idea what he will do in 2013.
“I am now trying to get the job of reseve driver at Lotus. Honestly, I really believed I could find the money to get a full-time drive in Formula 1 next season but there are very few places left”, said Valssechi.
“I was hoping to get the second seat at Lotus , but a little while ago I was told that Grosjean had good chances to be back, and that's what happened. But he deserved it because he is really fast,” the Italian driver added.
“Anyway, I'd like to thank the Lotus team for having run me during the recent young driver test in Abu Dhabi. At this moment, my only hope to get into F1 is to become Lotus' reserve driver, which would be very good because they are the fourth best team. But if that does not happen, I don't know what I'm going to do to make it into F1,” he added.
Lotus F1 Team has not confirmed its third and reserve driver for 2013. However, this year's man, Jerome d'Ambrosio, is a Gravity driver -- the management company headed by Lotus boss Eric Boullier.