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Adapted from GMM
When asked if he is disappointed that those he beat last year in GP2 - Luiz Razia, Esteban Gutierrez, Max Chilton and Giedo van der Garde - were all offered race seats before him, Valsecchi smiles.
"No" is the answer. He is enjoying is job at moment.
"Last year I won the GP2 title, now I'm making the first steps in F1," he told Russian website f1news.ru.
Then again, the 26-year-old Italian has no choice but to be content with his reserve role at Lotus. Struggling with fewer sponsors, he could not have matched the biddings of his former GP2 rivals in the race to the few backmarker seats available.
Still, the Eupilo-native is adamant had money not been an object, he would have gone down the same route.
"If the question is whether it is better to be chasing with one of the last teams or to be a backup driver with Lotus, maybe opening up something really worthwhile for the future, I would have chosen the second option in any case."
When asked if he is disappointed that those he beat last year in GP2 - Luiz Razia, Esteban Gutierrez, Max Chilton and Giedo van der Garde - were all offered race seats before him, Valsecchi smiles.
"No" is the answer. He is enjoying is job at moment.
"Last year I won the GP2 title, now I'm making the first steps in F1," he told Russian website f1news.ru.
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| Davide Valsecchi performing for Lotus in F1 (Photo: WRi2) |
Then again, the 26-year-old Italian has no choice but to be content with his reserve role at Lotus. Struggling with fewer sponsors, he could not have matched the biddings of his former GP2 rivals in the race to the few backmarker seats available.
Still, the Eupilo-native is adamant had money not been an object, he would have gone down the same route.
"If the question is whether it is better to be chasing with one of the last teams or to be a backup driver with Lotus, maybe opening up something really worthwhile for the future, I would have chosen the second option in any case."