Jarno Trulli has revealed he was offered a seat at Ferrari some years ago.<\/p>\n
After fifteen consecutive seasons in formula one, the 37-year-old Italian has lost his Caterham race seat to the well-backed Russian Vitaly Petrov.<\/p>\n
2004 Monaco grand prix winner Trulli, 37, drove since 1997 for Minardi, Prost, Jordan, Renault and Caterham’s former guise Lotus.<\/p>\n
Writing in his New York Times blog, correspondent Brad Spurgeon said Trulli was made the Ferrari offer while he was racing for Toyota between 2005 and 2009.<\/p>\n
Trulli reportedly told Italy’s Autosprint magazine that Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali’s predecessor, the now FIA president Jean Todt, made him the offer.<\/p>\n
“Nobody knows this, but at this point I think I can publicly thank Jean Todt for having been one of the few top team managers to consider me during my career,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I won’t tell you when exactly — I was racing for Toyota and I was doing very well.\u00a0 But I had signed a rather long contract with the Japanese, and in my career I’ve always honoured my commitments.<\/p>\n
“In 15 years of F1 I’ve never needed lawyers,” added Trulli.<\/p>\n
Trulli left Renault for Toyota at the end of the 2004 season, driving for the carmaker until it pulled out of formula one at the end of 2009.<\/p>\n
Rubens Barrichello left Ferrari at the end of 2005, replaced by Felipe Massa.\u00a0 Michael Schumacher retired a year later, replaced by Kimi Raikkonen.<\/p>\n
At Ferrari, Frenchman Todt handed over to Domenicali at the end of 2007.<\/p>\n
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