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GP2 champion Leimer says he deserves F1 seat
GP2 champion Leimer says he deserves F1 seat 13 January, 2014 2014 GP2 Champion Fabio Leimer The new reigning champion of the Formula 1 feeder series GP2 Series will not move up to the pinnacle of motor sport in 2014.
Since the series' inception in 2005, every single champion became – or, in the case of Giorgio Pantano, had already been – a Formula 1 driver.
But that run stopped with the 2012 champion, when Davide Valsecchi carried the GP2 crown to a mere test role with Lotus. The Italian now looks set to bow out of Formula 1 altogether.
Now, the 2013 champion, Swiss Fabio Leimer, is also missing out on Formula 1.
The Swiss newspaper Blick speculates that his financial backing,...
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