Robin Frijns looks set to secure a role in the F1 paddock for 2014.<\/p>\n
The only remaining vacancies on next year’s grid are at Caterham, but the green-coloured team looks set to sign former Sauber driver Kamui Kobayashi, and Swedish rookie Marcus Ericsson.<\/p>\n
That would be bad news for Caterham’s existing race drivers Giedo van der Garde and Charles Pic, who in that scenario would be locked out of formula one for now.<\/p>\n
For Dutchman Frijns, however, Caterham could be his F1 lifelife, after the highly-rated 23-year-old lost his reserve seat at Sauber last year amid the Swiss team’s financial troubles.<\/p>\n
The Dutch newspaper Dagblad de Limburger reports that Frijns has “almost certainly” secured the Caterham race seat for 2014.<\/p>\n
The report cited sources “close to the team and the driver”, confirming that the deal is “almost complete”.<\/p>\n
With his reserve role, Frijns will reportedly get 16 guaranteed days at the wheel of Caterham’s 2014 car — eight on Friday mornings and eight additional test days.<\/p>\n
Dagblad de Limburger added that Frijns’ debut will be at Jerez later this month, followed by more running in Bahrain ahead of the start of the 2014 season.<\/p>\n
Frijns would not confirm the news.<\/p>\n
“We are working on options for 2014, and of course formula one is a part of this,” he is quoted by Speed Week.<\/p>\n
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