Track time for Leimer on Friday at Marussia?
Fabio Leimer was unable to secure a full-time F1 seat despite being the reigning GP2 champion and had to turn to Endurance racing to compete. However, the Swiss driver might be set to join the Marussia team for Friday practice sessions.
After clinching the GP2 championship title last season, Fabio Leimer was unable to secure a full-time seat in F1 – just like Davide Valsecchi before him. Despite a significant financial contribution, estimated at a little over 10 million euros offered to the Sauber F1 team in particular, the Swiss driver did not find his place in the 2014 Formula 1 World Championship.
The 25-year-old driver thus turned to the World Endurance Championship alongside the Swiss team Rebellion Racing, but according to Roger Benoit, the correspondent for the Swiss newspaper Blick on Formula One Grand Prix, the Rothrist native could be doing a double program with F1.
Indeed, thanks to his long-time supporter Rainer Gantenbein, Leimer could benefit from track time on Friday during free practice 1 with the Marussia F1 team – whose regular drivers are Max Chilton and Jules Bianchi. In parallel with this session, the Swiss driver would also become the reserve driver for the Russian team – a position held by Rodolfo Gonzalez last season.
