Kamui Kobayashi joins list of Romain Grosjean’s potential replacement for 2013 – Formula 1 new
Kamui Kobayashi has been deemed as a potential replacement of Lotus driver Romain Grosjean who has not been able to achieve much in the 2012 Formula 1 season.
Grosjean has faced immense criticism over his poor driving style due to which many accidents happened during the season and became the cause of retirements of some other drivers too. However, he has performed convincingly well in few grands prix in which
he attained competitive results for the team.
Furthermore, he has a strong backing of sponsors and has support of the team principal, Eric Boullier who has admired his performance in this season.
In addition, Boullier said that the Frenchman has learnt a lot from his mistakes and will definitely try to be more responsible in the future.
On the other hand, the team owner, Gerard Lopez has said that they need to have a very good driver as Kimi Raikkonen’s teammate in order to secure a good position in the next year’s constructors’ championship.
“Kimi comes at a cost to us,” Lopez is quoted as saying, “but on the other hand he helps us in the manufacturers’ standings, bringing even more money to the team.”
It will be important to note that the French driver could only secure 8th place finish in the drivers’ championship and scored only 96 points. Contrarily, the Finn came third in the standings and scored 207 points.
There are many who believe that the 26-year-old should have done better in this season which mainly include former F1 driver, Alain Prost.
“It’s a shame for Romain, as not finishing his season in Brazil very well is a problem,” fellow Frenchman Alain Prost told RMC Sport.
In addition, Prost asserted that the Enstone based team need to make the right decision regarding their next year’s driver line-up in order to come up stronger.
“What’s more important, speed or reliability? That is what Lotus must decide,” he added.
The British team has surprised everyone with its tremendous performance in this season and it will be very interesting to see who drives along with Raikkonen in the coming year.
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