Renault is edging towards signing Romain Grosjean to complete its 2012 driver lineup alongside Vitaly Petrov, according to reports.<\/p>\n
The Enstone based team has already announced that Swiss-born Frenchman Grosjean, the Genii-managed new GP2 champion, will drive in Friday morning practice in both Abu Dhabi and Brazil later this month.<\/p>\n
“I don’t feel too much pressure going into this,” said the 25-year-old, looking to get back into F1 next year after his abortive part-season debut in 2009.<\/p>\n
Clearly, however, the pressure is on, given that alongside Bruno Senna, Grosjean is a frontrunner for the full-time 2012 seat if Robert Kubica is unable to return from injury.<\/p>\n
The French broadcaster TF1 has said it believes Pole Kubica will only be ready to come back long after next season’s world championship is underway.<\/p>\n
“I think it is too early to say anything,” said Grosjean.\u00a0 “Robert is the key.\u00a0 We all wish him a speedy recovery.”<\/p>\n
Confirmed team boss Eric Boullier: “We need to look at our options because we still do not know about Robert.”<\/p>\n
Germany’s motorsport-total.com reported at the weekend that Boullier has already decided that Grosjean is in pole position for the seat.<\/p>\n
“I do not expect to get in the coming days a definitive statement as to when he (Kubica) can test,” the Frenchman is quoted by the website.<\/p>\n
“Unfortunately we need to have in mind the possibility that he cannot come back yet.\u00a0 We are ready — our 2009 car is ready for him in the garage, we could fire it up at any time.”<\/p>\n
Brazilian Senna is the other main candidate.<\/p>\n
“He has the remaining races to show us that he is the man that we should have in the car in 2012,” said Boullier.<\/p>\n
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