Pastor Maldonado’s manager has refused to deny rumours he is in talks about a race seat at Sauber for 2011.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the Venezuelan GP2 driver was linked with Pedro de la Rosa’s place at Sauber, and more recently it emerged the 25-year-old’s main sponsor PDVSA is pushing for a presence on the formula one grid.<\/p>\n
Maldonado, who came close to signing with Stefan GP for the 2010 season, is managed by Felipe Massa’s manager Nicolas Todt.<\/p>\n
When asked about the Sauber rumours, Frenchman Todt answered: “I don’t want to go into details, but obviously I’m talking to a few teams about next year for both drivers.”<\/p>\n
The other driver referred to by Todt in the 422race.com interview was Jules Bianchi, a front-running GP2 driver who has a development contract with Ferrari.<\/p>\n
Todt-managed Bianchi is currently recovering from a back injury sustained in the recent support-race in Hungary.<\/p>\n
But Todt, boss of the GP2 team ART and the son of FIA president Jean Todt, said it is possible Bianchi will be on F1’s 2011 grid.<\/p>\n
“Jules is still young, he has two years of open wheels behind him, which is very little, but he is a very big talent and if he has the chance to do formula one next year, he has to take it,” he said.<\/p>\n
Todt was also asked about the lingering rumours about his plans to merge his GP2 team with an existing F1 outfit.<\/p>\n
“It’s still very early and it’s hard to say,” he answered.<\/p>\n
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