Red Bull are probably on the lookout for a stand-in ‘reserve’ driver for the upcoming Spanish grand prix.
It is reported that Michael Ammermuller, who usually fills the role in 2007 after last year’s reserve Robert Doornbos headed to race in Champ Car, is currently nursing a fracture in his wrist.
One possible stand-in for 21-year-old Ammermuller is the Red Bull-backed and Renault World Series racer Filipe Albuquerque, from Portugal, who got his first taste of a formula one single seater recently when he performed a demonstration on the streets of Colombia.
German Ammermuller drives for ART in the GP2 category, but he is likely to miss next weekend’s round in support of the Spanish GP.
Ammermuller may have aggravated the injury, sustained in an earlier clash with Kazuki Nakajima in Bahrain, by persevering at the wheel of his GP2 car without adequate treatment.
He has now undergone surgery in Austria to insert a titanium screw, and wrist specialist Andreas Priol commented that full recovery is likely to take several weeks.
