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Wow, I was actually expecting Jules to be in FI, late call for Sutil. He must have bags of cash.
 
Reckon FI are trying to bleed Ferrari a bit, got a gut feeling Paul will lose his seat if he is still 0.3 off Sutil.
 
There's still a chance the criminal didn't get the seat.

F1Zone said:
Sutil gets closer to secure F1 return with Force India

Adrian Sutil’s manager has denied reports on Wednesday that the 30-year-old has definitely secured his return to Formula One.

The German magazine Sport Bild said Sutil, the long-time Force India driver who sat out 2012 in the wake of the Eric Lux assault affair, has beaten hot contender Jules Bianchi to become Paul di Resta’s new teammate.

If confirmed, the news would indicate that the Silverstone based team is staying with its existing engine supplier Mercedes for 2014, given Frenchman Bianchi’s close ties to Ferrari.

“Sutil was in the McLaren simulator yesterday,” read the Sport Bild report. “As of Thursday, he will be in action for the last pre-season test in Barcelona.

“On 17 March in Australia, he will race a grand prix for the first time since Brazil 2011,” added the report by Bianca Garloff and Ralf Bach.

Sutil’s manager Manfred Zimmermann denied the report.

“Nothing has been finalised yet,” he is quoted by the German news agency SID.

“We are still hoping and waiting for a confirmation.”
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Joe Saward said:
Sutil, Bianchi and Force India

Reports that Adrian Sutil has landed the remaining Force India drive are not yet confirmed, but from what I hear Both Sutil and Jules Bianchi have been sent tickets to go to Australia by the team. Both have also probably signed contracts, but the question is not whether this is the case, but which one of the two Force India has decided to sign. The discussions seem to be dependent on talks going on about engine supplies in 2014, with Ferrari likely to offer a better deal if Bianchi is given the Force India drive this year. Sutil brings money (apparently) but it remains to be seen whether this adds up to more or less than Bianchi can save the team, with cash from sponsors and the engine deal.

The situation clearly flies in the face of the team’s claim that the decision is not based on money because it is illogical to go on keeping drivers hanging on if the decision is based on performance alone.
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Yeah but the whole Klien/Liuzzi thing never really worked you need stability, put it simply they are going to have to grow a pair and just confirm one or the other. It's making them look unprofessional and amateurish, it's the sort of thing I would expect to see with Maurissa or HRT not a team who supposedly have aspirations of breaking the top five.
 
Sky Sources: Force India will reappoint Adrian Sutil for 2013

Sky Sources understand Force India will reappoint Adrian Sutil as team-mate for Paul di Resta, with the German filling the last remaining driver vacancy for the upcoming 2013 season.

After a year on the sidelines during which he was found guilty of grievous bodily harm following an incident in a Chinese nightclub, the 30-year-old will return to the team for whom he drove between 2007 and 2011 as a replacement for Sauber recruit Nico Hulkenberg.

After an absence measured at exactly 452 days, Sutil made his comeback behind the wheel of a F1 car at last week's Barcelona test when he immediately impressed in the VJM06.

That successful audition appears to have sealed the deal on a return which completes the 2013 grid and banishes French youngster Jules Bianchi, the other leading contender to partner Di Resta, to wait at least another year for his big break in F1.

According to Sky Sports F1 commentator, David Croft, the Frenchman will remain with the Silverstone-based team as reserve driver in 2013, despite being overlooked for a race seat.

The new F1 season begins on March 17 in Melbourne, Australia. Statisticians may be interested to know that, with Sutil's expected appointmentclosing the 2013 door on the likes of Heikki Kovalainen and Bruno Senna, only 16 of the 24 drivers who participated in the season-opening Australian GP a year ago will be on the grid for next month's curtain raiser.

http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1...ce-India-will-reappoint-Adrian-Sutil-for-2013
 
In any case, FI were in a nice position. Either you take the safe and reliable (and pretty quick) Sutil, or you take the inexperienced but pretty rapid Bianchi. It's a win/win.


Now can they drop Di Resta and have both Sutil and Bianchi
 
Whhaat now I am hearing Paul can be dropped?
How many memes of his FI photoshoot will be made then?
 
Sutil to Force India now official. Bianchi's future is unclear:

Joe Saward said:
It looks unlikely that Jules Bianchi will be staying with the team as its reserve driver. In the statement, Mallya said that he is “hopeful” that the team can continue working with the Frenchman, but if that was going to be the case, one would have expected the deal to have been announced at the same time. Bianchi will likely go elsewhere, where there is need of a reserve driver, or perhaps he might even find his way into a race car with Marussia
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From this it sounds like they offered him the reserve driver role and he told them to **** off.
 
Lee McKenzie: "In the wake of the obvious problems between Luiz Razia and Marussia, the rumour is that Heikki Kovalainen is having a seat fitting with Marussia tonight"


Yes, this would be a great decision by Marussia, but I thought Heikki specifically told his management not to look for sponsors - so if Kovalainen signs for them but doesn't bring money with him, why the hell did they replace Glock?
 
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