Lotus is set to announce that Romain Grosjean is staying with the Enstone team in 2015.<\/p>\n
Just a week ago, the Frenchman was saying he had the power to step out of his contract and move to a bigger team.<\/p>\n
But a lot – albeit all apparently behind the scenes – has changed in the intervening days, including reports that Fernando Alonso is definitely heading to McLaren-Honda.<\/p>\n
Asked where he will be in 2015, Grosjean smiled his famous smile to France’s RMC as he answered: “I will have a different engine!<\/p>\n
“You should know more about my future very soon, maybe even as early as this weekend,” he added in the Interlagos paddock.<\/p>\n
Grosjean denied, however, that the Alonso situation had made his own plans certain.<\/p>\n
“I do not think it has something to do with it,” he said.\u00a0 “In fact, now it is not easy to find a place at all in formula one — it is a difficult situation for the drivers with two teams (Caterham and Marussia) going away, but for me everything is going well.<\/p>\n
“We are very close.\u00a0 I’m in a good position in the team,” he added.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Force India and Sergio Perez are on the verge of prolonging their marriage, while Jean-Eric Vergne is set to get one more year at Toro Rosso.<\/p>\n
Another open secret is that Sebastian Vettel is going to Ferrari to replace Alonso.<\/p>\n
“When the cameras are on,” the German smiled on Thursday, “it is difficult to say anything, “but when they turn off, everyone seems to know what is going on.”<\/p>\n
Vettel took his Red Bull crew out for a farewell dinner in downtown Sao Paulo on Wednesday night, but he admitted to reporters that he will not be sad when the curtain comes down on his difficult 2014 campaign.<\/p>\n
As for 2015, “I know what I’m doing, that’s for sure,” Vettel insisted.\u00a0 “And I know who my teammate will be.”<\/p>\n
It appears likely he is referring to his friend Kimi Raikkonen, but the Finn’s high-profile struggles in 2014 have produced a cloud of speculation.<\/p>\n
“Everyone has his own opinion,” Raikkonen told the Finnish broadcaster MTV3.\u00a0 “Many times we have seen that they are wrong.<\/p>\n
“It is the way it is here (in F1),” he said.\u00a0 “It is probably the saddest thing about formula one.<\/p>\n
“The main thing is that you know yourself how things are and to trust in what you are doing,” said Raikkonen.<\/p>\n
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