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This strikes me as odd seeing as both Glock and Kovalainen were dropped from Marussia and Caterham respectively for not bringing sponsors and Marussia specifically stated they needed someone with money.

Marussia have someone with money – Max Chilton.

Also, Kovalainen didn’t just leave Caterham because of a lack of funding. Things were apparently pretty tense within the team at the nd of last year, and Kovalainen had pretty much given up.

@force-maikel

I would love to see Heiki take that seat but that would be a huge blow in the face of Timo Glock given he was fired because he was apparently to expensive.

Speculation suggests that if Kovalainen were to join Marussia, he wouldn’t actually be paid for it. The team would probably allow him to get his own personal sponsors as a source of income.

@bullfrog Not necessarily. If they make an agreement with Ferrari or McLaren, which doesn’t increase their budget directly but means they get engines or other components/services for a reduced price, then they ain’t going to drop the driver in the middle of the season.

Autosport reports that the contract hasn’t been signed yet, but that Bianchi will drive for Marussia: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105789

Bianchi finished runner-up in F3.5R, where’s Razia did the same in GP2. They might not be world beaters, but both of them deserve a chance; though it’s a shameful thing ones lifetime opportunity has to come at the expense of another’s.

I grew somewhat fond of Razia in Gp2 late last season, while I consider Biachi a better driver but I don’t like him that tremendously much. But to be honest, Razia’s career is probably over now, you don’t really come back from being sacked during pre-season testing in F1..

Well if this is anything to go by, http://www.marussiaf1team.com/team/ , Razia is out of Marussia as he is no longer listed on the team page, Max Chilton is the only listed driver.

Looks like we were right about Bianchi then :P. All this speculation has finally paid off!

Fully expect Marussia to be getting Ferrari engines next year then.