{"id":19441,"date":"2013-10-02T07:15:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T11:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=19441"},"modified":"2013-10-02T07:15:29","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T11:15:29","slug":"valsecchi-ready-to-replace-raikkonen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/valsecchi-ready-to-replace-raikkonen\/","title":{"rendered":"Valsecchi &#8216;ready&#8217; to replace Raikkonen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Davide Valsecchi insists he is &#8220;ready&#8221; to make his formula one debut this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" alt=\"Davide-Valsecchi-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/f1-2013-rif-images\/f1-2013-drivers\/Davide-Valsecchi-2.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/>Lotus regular Kimi Raikkonen struggled through the recent Singapore grand prix with a back injury.<\/p>\n<p>So ahead of the Korean grand prix this weekend, the Finn said: &#8220;We will have to see how it is when I get out on track on Friday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Raikkonen suggested in Singapore that because he has not yet been paid by Lotus, he is technically entitled to sit out races.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he might sue the Enstone based team, he admitted: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously there is a reason why we make up contracts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With that uncertainty lingering, it is no surprise Valsecchi &#8211; Lotus&#8217; reserve driver &#8211; is being asked if he is preparing to make his debut in Korea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My role requires me to be ready,&#8221; the reigning GP2 champion told Italy&#8217;s Autosprint.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The rest are situations and decisions that are taken by the team alone,&#8221; added Valsecchi, 26.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davide Valsecchi insists he is &#8220;ready&#8221; to make his formula one debut this weekend. Lotus regular Kimi Raikkonen struggled through the recent Singapore grand prix with a back injury. So ahead of the Korean grand prix this weekend, the Finn said: &#8220;We will have to see how it is when I get out on track &#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":[2399,5262,5340,152,1282,306],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19441"}],"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=19441"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19442,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19441\/revisions\/19442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}