News Details

Bianchi handed Marussia drive after Razia axed

BARCELONA, March 1, 2013 (AFP) - France's Jules Bianchi was named as Marussia's second driver for the new Formula One season on Friday to replace axed Brazilian Luiz Razia. Bianchi, 23, had been in the running for the final seat at Force India before he lost out to Adrian Sutil on Thursday. But his dramatic 24 hours ended on a high note when Razia, who had been named as Mark Chilton's teammate in Jerez last month, was dropped after a reported failure to deliver promised sponsorship to Marussia. "I am thrilled to have secured a race seat with the Marussia F1 Team," said Bianchi. "Racing in Formula One this season has been my goal over the winter and after evaluating...
Full Story »
12y ago from F1Plus.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bianchi replaces Razia at Marussia for 2013

Jules Bianchi will replace Luiz Razia at Marussia for the 2013 season....
12y ago from TheF1Times.com

Marussia ditches Razia for Bianchi's finances

Marussia was forced to terminate Luiz Razia’s contract for the 2013...
12y ago from F1Pulse.com

Bianchi replaces Razia at Marussia for 2013

Jules Bianchi has secured a seat with Marussia for the 2013 Formula 1...
12y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Yamaha set to confirm new inline-four MotoGP engine at...

Yamaha admits it is likely to use its updated inline-four MotoGP engine...

Joan Mir confirms new Honda engine sees improvement in...

Joan Mir confirmed that Honda's new engine has shown improvements in 'all...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Ericsson narrowly tops opening IndyCar practice...

The NTT IndyCar Series headed out on track at Barber Motorsports Park...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar hybrid weight set to make two stop strategy...

The NTT IndyCar Series is visiting Barber Motorsports Park this weekend,...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Felix Rosenqvist still feels like a rookie after 100...

This weekend at Barber Motorsports Park, Felix Rosenqvist will start his...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Toyota Gazoo Racing's silver lining

Toyota Gazoo Racing has a silver lining, literally. Not content with a...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'He's really established himself' - Theo Walcott...

Former Arsenal right-winger Theo Walcott has commended William Saliba for...
34m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal transfer news: Shock swap deal mooted as...

Arsenal are supposedly prepared to listen to offers for one of their...
24m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Bournemouth preview: Grind it out

Morning. On paper, in the current context, Bournemouth at home isn't a...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

Saturday's Premier League predictions including...

Sports Mole provides score predictions and previews for all of today's...
3h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.