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Driver market gets moving
Rosberg courted by four teams
16/07/09 19:30




Options are opening
Moving to Brawn GP is an option for Nico Rosberg in 2010, while the likes of Rubens Barrichello and Heikki Kovalainen have been in talks with Williams.

With peace in sight in Formula One, there is finally some movement in the driver market as the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport reports.

German Rosberg, 24, is reportedly in talks with no fewer than four teams: his current employer Williams, as well as BMW and McLaren, while Ross Brawn has apparently also shown some interest.

Rosberg is quoted as confirming for the first time that BMW is "an option", while last weekend Mercedes' Norbert Haug said McLaren is interested in both the German as well as compatriot Sebastian Vettel.


"Before we signed Heikki (for 2008) we spoke with both but they had contracts that we of course respected. For the future I don't want to exclude anything," Haug told the German newspaper Die Welt.

Rosberg told reporters at the Nurburgring: "I am looking at my options and cannot say anything more except that at the moment I am very happy here (at Williams)."

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Source: GMM

Mercedes quiere a Rosberg en McLaren
El alemán finaliza contrato este año con Williams
21/07/09 16:33

Nico Rosberg podría cambiar de equipo en 2010
Cada vez existen indicios más evidentes de que Nico Rosberg podría dejar el equipo Williams a la conclusión de la presente temporada para incorporarse a la escudería McLaren Mercedes. La última señal ha llegado de las declaraciones del Director de Competición de Mercedes, Norbert Haug, que ha reconocido que están pendientes de la finalización del contrato de Rosberg con Williams.

Haug ha admitido en varias ocasiones que le gustaría ver a su compatriota al volante de una de las ‘flechas plateadas’, mientras que por otro lado los responsables de McLaren no se han mostrado nada claros cuando se les ha preguntado por la continuidad de Heikki Kovalainen.

"Debemos marcarnos como objetivo ganar carreras y campeonatos, y si eso puede lograrse con un piloto alemán, pues mucho mejor," reconocía Haug en una entrevista concedida a la agencia de noticias SID.

Incluso Haug ha desvelado que recientemente se trabajó para intentar incorporar a Rosberg al equipo McLaren al tratarse de un piloto alemán.


"En los últimos diez años hemos intentado firmar a Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg y Sebastian Vettel," decía Haug, que admitía que problemas contractuales se lo impidieron.

Sin embargo, Nico Rosberg finaliza contrato con Williams este año, y Haug comentaba que desde que hiciera su debut en el Mundial en 2006 se ha ido ganando una buena reputación.

Haug confirmaba que McLaren está estudiando su pareja de pilotos para el próximo año, pero que prefiere no comentar los rumores que aparecen en la prensa.

"Quizás nuestros pilotos sigan siendo los mismos, o quizás haya cambios," admitía. "En estos momentos no creo que haya ninguna presión. Podemos tomar una decisión en los próximos dos meses."

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Fuente: GMM

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Kovalainen told to raise his game

By Jonathan Noble Wednesday, August 19th 2009, 11:30 GMT

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 2009Heikki Kovalainen has been told that he needs to raise his game over the remainder of the season if he is to have any chance of keeping hold of his seat at McLaren in 2010.

AUTOSPORT understands that Kovalainen's option for next year with McLaren has now lapsed, although the team has not ruled out retaining the Finn. Team principal Martin Whitmarsh has made it clear however that Kovalainen needs to deliver more in the next few races than he has shown so far this season - and the Finn was informed of the situation during a factory visit on Wednesday.

"Heikki is doing, as a team player, a fantastic job in this team," Whitmarsh said in a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 'Phone-In' media call. "On his own evaluation he has not raced as well as he would have liked and we would have liked him to this year.

"I was frankly just talking to him on the subject a few minutes before this call. He is working hard...

"A lot of us want to see Heikki get some good results this year, and that will ensure that he remains with us. That is certainly our wish. His goal going into Valencia this weekend is to win - and he is capable of winning the race this weekend.

"He has been a good qualifier, he has done some good qualifying times, and he is capable of qualifying well and winning this race. So that is what he is going to focus on, and I've just had that conversation with him. Then on Sunday evening he will start thinking about Spa, and that is what we want him to focus on - not all the speculation."

In a boost to Kovalainen's situation, McLaren is adamant it has not begun discussions with any other driver yet about a seat in 2010, despite fresh rumours linking Nico Rosberg with the outfit now that the German's previous likely destination BMW Sauber is out of F1.

"Speculation is normal," said Whitmarsh. "We are not commenting on it, but I can confirm that contrary to some of the speculation we are not in discussions with any other drivers outside this team at the moment."

And, denying any talk that McLaren was under pressure to take a German driver to appease engine partner Mercedes-Benz, Whitmarsh said: "In terms of nationality, obviously some nationalities from a marketing perspective are more convenient, but McLaren continues to have the strategy and policy that we will get the two best drivers in our cars every season, and that is what we will continue to do."

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