Rookie Max Chilton has admitted he would prefer to have Timo Glock as his teammate in 2013.<\/p>\n
Actually, Marussia dispensed with German Glock’s experienced services in favour of a ‘pay driver’ — another rookie in the form of Brazilian Luiz Razia.<\/p>\n
“It is not ideal,” Briton Chilton is quoted by Germany’s motorsport-total.com.<\/p>\n
“I had been looking forward to being Timo’s teammate, because of his vast experience.”<\/p>\n
Chilton, 21, acknowledged however that he is sure the team will not encounter any serious “problems” as the result of its all-new driver lineup.<\/p>\n
“Unless we were all capable, we would not be in formula one,” he insisted.<\/p>\n
In fact, he thinks that – in some ways – it could be an advantage for both himself and Razia, who is 23.<\/p>\n
“Neither of us are number one or number two, so the team will treat us the same,” said Chilton.<\/p>\n
The British broadcaster Sky quoted McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh as saying it’s “sad” there are so many pay-drivers in F1 now who are arguably “fundamentally not good enough” to be on the grid.<\/p>\n
But his Sauber counterpart Monisha Kaltenborn, who is arguing strongly for cost-cutting action in F1, said labelling young drivers like that is not fair.<\/p>\n
“There has always been fluctuation on the grid and nobody was harping on about pay drivers,” she told the sport’s official website.<\/p>\n
“Everybody who comes into formula one is on a high level and if there are only a limited number of seats, then of course every team is looking for the best option.\u00a0 Who wouldn’t?”<\/p>\n
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