Raikkonen announced last week he would miss the remaining races in the United States and Brazilian Grand Prix in order to have back surgery ahead of his return to Ferrari next season.
Heikki Kovalainen returns to racing action for the first time since the end of last season, when he lost his seat at Caterham. The former Grand Prix winner has been acting as a third/reverse driver for Caterham this year, with practice outings in Bahrain, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Japan and Abu Dhabi.
Lotus did contacted other drivers, including the former seven time world champion Michael Schumacher and Sauber F1 driver Nico Hulkenberg, but chose Heikki Kovalainen instead after both drivers they declined the offer.
In my view it was the right choice to pick Heikki Kovalainen with his Formula 1 experience. But, I felt that the team should have picked Davide Valsecchi, despite having no Formula 1 racing experience. Also, I felt it was a bizarre choice that they try to contacted Michael Schumacher if he was interested to race with them for the last two races of the season (I doubt that will ever happen, due to we haven't seen Schumacher at a Grand Prix race meeting this season).
I am also guessing that Nico Hulkenberg will be driving with the team next season, after Sauber declining Lotus of letting Nico Hulkenberg out of his contract early.
Anyway, well done for Heikki Kovalainen, for getting the Lotus drive for the last two races of this season. And maybe a return to Caterham full time next season?
End of blog for now, new post soon. Bye.
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