Well this is looking interesting.
Giancarlo Fisichella looks to be the driver that will join Kamui Kobayashi at the Sauber team in 2010.
Pedro de la Rosa was touted as the favorite, but reigning champion Jenson Button said this past week that he won’t give McLaren's new MP4-25 its track debut because de la Rosa, 38, is scheduled to drive it at Valencia on February 1.
That news seems to confirm that the Spaniard is staying put as the Woking based team's main test and reserve driver this year.
The Swiss newspaper Blick reports that Giancarlo Fisichella flew briefly from Ferrari's winter media event in the Italian Dolomites to Sauber's Hinwil headquarters last Thursday.
The newspaper suggested that Sauber is under pressure from its new power train supplier Ferrari to give 2010
reserve driver Fisichella, 37, the vacant race seat.
The veteran has contested more than 231 Grands Prix since 1996, including a season with Sauber in 2004.
Shortly after he left the Force India team in the middle of 2009 to substitute for the injured Felipe Massa at Ferrari, Fisichella was quite aware he would switch to the role of reserve driver in 2010, but it was reported that under the terms of his contract Ferrari would allow him to race for another team<>.
I'd like to see Fisichella back in for 2010, he still has the talent and had the measure of Sutil in 2009 and 2008, too. Of course, it's a shame if de la Rosa ends up spending another year as a test driver and still makes me worry about Heidfeld's future, but Fisi is a good and experienced driver so would be a good partner for our new star Kobayashi.
I agree.
