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Article: 2013 Driver Line-ups, News & Rumours | Formula one

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  1. Delete Me

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    Chilton confirmed for Marussia: F1Zone ‏@f1zone
    Marussia owner Nikolay Fomenko has told Russian media that Max Chilton will be racing for the team in 2013.
     
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    Personally I am shocked.

    Interesting that the worst team on the grid* has their driver line-up finalised before Force India and the most organised team of the backmarkers.

    *following HRT's withdrawal
     
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  3. Big Ern

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    So force India's idea for a proven quick driver isn't someone who's appeared on the podium in a midfield car but a complete novice who's never raced an F1 car? Methinks Force India have need of a dictionary....

    As for Chilton, as has been said before, it's not so much how good you are but who you know and how much money you have that get's you a seat in an F1 car these days.
     
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    RTL journalist on twitter:

    VANDEKERCKHOVE Ludov ‏@ludovandekerkov
    Alerte info Romain #Grosjean est prolongé chez #Lotus en 2013 #F1


    Translated: Alert info Romain #Grosjean is prolonged #Lotus in 2013 #F1


    Grosjean will carry on with Lotus.
     
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    Hardly surprising; he beat Vettel and Schumacher in ROC you know?
     
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    I heard Seb and Michael were still drunk so it wasn't a fair fight ;)
     
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    Grosjean drank them both under the table so these things cancel out.
     
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    Grosjean has been partnered with Kimi for a year. To drink them under the table would be the understatement of the century <whistle>
     
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    Damn that slim frame of his <laugh>
     
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    Yeah, I'd have rather seen Heikki in that car, but I think the chances of that were always small, and Grosjean getting the seat was inevitable.
     
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    http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/12/17/kobayashi-f1-2013/

    Kobayashi admits defeat. :(

     
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    :(

    Pirelli test driver?

    Really is a shame he's gone, I'm sure Sauber have their reasons for getting rid of him (namely him not being Mexican) but he and Hulkenberg would have made a great pairing IMO.
     
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    Kobayashi is overated IMO. He only seems to up his game in Japan, apart from that he is average at every other weekend. Maybe i'm being harsh but he can't cut it in the modern day F1 with the pirelli tyres.
     
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    I think if he was in any other team than Sauber he'd be good..
    He's the aggressive, i only care about now type of guy.. Sauber are the endurance racers. It's like Button using a Hamilton style car and vise versa
     
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    6.5M is pretty good! hats off to the japanese support! <ok>
     
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    Chilton is basically the new Anthony Davidson then :)
     
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