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The list of potential teammates for confirmed Caterham driver Kamui Kobayashi in Abu Dhabi is growing by the hour.
Names including Andre Lotterer, Roberto Merhi, Rubens Barrichello, new GP2 champion Jolyon Palmer and Max Chilton have all been linked with the drive, after Swedish regular Marcus Ericsson terminated his contract last week.
Italiaracing reports that Lebanese driver Khalil Beschir is another candidate, perhaps given his high profile in Abu Dhabi as a television pundit and also a manager of up-and-coming Middle Eastern drivers.
Now Max Chilton has emerged as a surprise candidate to race the second Caterham in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
Unlike Caterham, it appears Marussia has in fact missed the weekend deadline to ship its freight to Abu Dhabi.
That leaves Chilton, the well-backed 23-year-old, eyeing the race seat at Caterham vacated last week by the Sauber-bound Marcus Ericsson.
Caterham missed its crowdfunding target by last Friday's deadline, but administrator Finbarr O'Connell said the shortfall could be made up by a driver's backers.
"There's a variety of contracts but this particular one is with one of the drivers we've been talking to," he told the BBC.
Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport now reports that the identity of that driver is in fact Chilton.
The list of potential teammates for confirmed Caterham driver Kamui Kobayashi in Abu Dhabi is growing by the hour.
Names including Andre Lotterer, Roberto Merhi, Rubens Barrichello, new GP2 champion Jolyon Palmer and Max Chilton have all been linked with the drive, after Swedish regular Marcus Ericsson terminated his contract last week.
Italiaracing reports that Lebanese driver Khalil Beschir is another candidate, perhaps given his high profile in Abu Dhabi as a television pundit and also a manager of up-and-coming Middle Eastern drivers.
Now Max Chilton has emerged as a surprise candidate to race the second Caterham in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
Unlike Caterham, it appears Marussia has in fact missed the weekend deadline to ship its freight to Abu Dhabi.
That leaves Chilton, the well-backed 23-year-old, eyeing the race seat at Caterham vacated last week by the Sauber-bound Marcus Ericsson.
Caterham missed its crowdfunding target by last Friday's deadline, but administrator Finbarr O'Connell said the shortfall could be made up by a driver's backers.
"There's a variety of contracts but this particular one is with one of the drivers we've been talking to," he told the BBC.
Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport now reports that the identity of that driver is in fact Chilton.