Cyril Abiteboul, Caterham`s Team Principal said that there are two options when we talk about hiring next year`s second driver in his team – more standard and radical.
Caterham is one of three teams which didn`t confirm both drivers for 2013 season. For sure one of the drivers of Malaysian Team will be Charles Pic. Cyril Abiteboul, new Principal of Caterham said, that young Frenchman is a great talent.
“Charles is an extremely exciting prospect. In his first year in F1 he was quick immediately, running some good times and long distances in his first days in the car in testing. From there he developed quickly and his record against Timo (Glock) over the year was impressive. On circuits he`d already raced at he was particularly strong and that tells us that in 2013 he`ll be quicker still, with a year under his belt and knowledge of every track now banked forever” – said Abiteboul
for official Formula One website.
Who will be Pic`s partner in next year`s campaign? Abiteboul says that there are two different ways to hire second driver.
“There are different options,” Abiteboul told on the official Formula 1 website. “One option is someone who Pic can learn from and who he can use as his benchmark for what we want from both our drivers”.
“Another option, more radical, is to accept the fact that 2013 is a transition year that we use to continue building the team before a period of greater stability in 2014, when a lot of other things in the package will change. Both types of candidates are out there, and we are close to making a decision.”
In 2012 the drivers of Caterham F1 Team were Vitaly Pietrov and Heikki Kovalainen. Both of them are still running in race for second Caterham seat in 2013. Another driver Caterham might be interested in is Dutch Giedo van der Garde.
