2012 Silly Season - Grid lineup

[RS]

Why not Barrichello to Caterham to replace Trulli. Ok, they're both old but at least Rubens still seems interested and motivated.

[Roamy]

Why not Barrichello to Caterham to replace Trulli. Ok, they're both old but at least Rubens still seems interested and motivated.

Yes it is time to stick a fork in these two _ They are done

[jens]

Why not Barrichello to Caterham to replace Trulli. Ok, they're both old but at least Rubens still seems interested and motivated.

Trulli certainly had some (performance) problems during 2011, but I think it is a bit unfair to consider him unmotivated and disinterested without knowing his personality. If anything, his endless complaints about powersteering indicate that he is still motivated and wants to push for improvement in the team. I don't see the benefit of replacing Trulli with Barrichello. Besides all, Gascoyne rates Trulli's feedback very highly.

[ArrowsFA1]

The grid is complete:

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[Nikki Katz]

I see that van der Garde got the Caterham reserve seat - surely this means that either the deal with Petrov has fallen through, or that he's going to be slotted right into Trulli's seat for the first race...

[RS]

I see that van der Garde got the Caterham reserve seat - surely this means that either the deal with Petrov has fallen through, or that he's going to be slotted right into Trulli's seat for the first race...

Caterham are the only team who have not confirmed their test line up for next week. There were also no stickers with the driver names on the launch car.

Announcement on Monday?

Failing that I guess Petrov will end up as Marussia reserve with Friday driving and guaranteed race seat for 2013.

[Nikki Katz]

Caterham are the only team who have not confirmed their test line up for next week. There were also no stickers with the driver names on the launch car.

Announcement on Monday?

Failing that I guess Petrov will end up as Marussia reserve with Friday driving and guaranteed race seat for 2013.

I don't know why Marussia didn't go with him to start off with. He's no worse than Pic, probably a bit better actually, and loads more cash and would be a Russian driver at a Russian team. He was clearly going to lose his Lotus seat by that point.