Pirelli is set to announce a replacement for tyre development tester Nick Heidfeld.<\/p>\n
Some reports this week contradicted expectations that the 33-year-old German will have to vacate the role now that he has signed to return to the grid with Sauber.<\/p>\n
A Pirelli spokesman told us on Wednesday: “For now we have nothing to add or to comment except that we are working very well with Heidfeld.”<\/p>\n
The same spokesman later revealed that an “official communication” will be made “in the next days”.<\/p>\n
ITV quotes a Pirelli spokesman as saying: “Nick will leave with our blessing and we wish him well.<\/p>\n
“If we dovetailed both roles (Heidfeld with Sauber and Pirelli), there would be a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n
“By the end of the week we should be able to announce his replacement,” he added.<\/p>\n
Heidfeld’s final outing on last year’s Toyota with Pirelli tyres is this week at Jerez.\u00a0 His Sauber contract begins on Friday.<\/p>\n
Pedro de la Rosa is widely tipped as Heidfeld’s successor.<\/p>\n
Pirelli told us on Thursday: “We haven’t commented about this and we will keep on doing it that way.”<\/p>\n
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