{"id":17861,"date":"2013-02-25T07:07:39","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T12:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=17861"},"modified":"2013-02-25T07:07:39","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T12:07:39","slug":"sutil-will-not-stay-in-f1-as-test-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/sutil-will-not-stay-in-f1-as-test-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Sutil will not stay in F1 as test driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should Adrian Sutil fail to secure his return to F1 this year with Force India, he will not linger in the paddock as a third, reserve or test driver.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m a racer, not a tester.\u00a0 I want to race,&#8221; the German, who like Jules Bianchi is in the running to complete the 2013 grid, said after testing the VJM06 in Barcelona last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Silverstone based team, pushing the duo&#8217;s links with potential 2014 engine suppliers Ferrari (Bianchi) and Mercedes (Sutil), is expected to make its decision this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This (Force India) is my only chance, so we are fighting for it,&#8221; said Sutil.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If it doesn&#8217;t work, then let&#8217;s look at what else there is in another category, but I do not think that being a test driver is right for me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just want to race, and I&#8217;m ready,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should Adrian Sutil fail to secure his return to F1 this year with Force India, he will not linger in the paddock as a third, reserve or test driver. &#8220;I&#8217;m a racer, not a tester.\u00a0 I want to race,&#8221; the German, who like Jules Bianchi is in the running to complete the 2013 grid, said &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[5311,5262,576,5340],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17862,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17861\/revisions\/17862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}