From GMM
A Dutch GP2 driver emerged as a contender at Williams, while Nico Hulkenberg's manager eyes Force India switch.
McGregor deal puts Giedo van der Garde on pole for Williams seat
On Monday, the British team announced that Nico Hulkenberg is leaving Williams, and the disappointed German's manager Willi Weber said he suspects Pastor Maldonado has been signed for 2011. But another driver with links to some very attractive sponsorship backing has now entered the frame.
Late last month, 25-year-old Giedo van der Garde's manager said he was in talks with several teams and had received "concrete offers" from two. Dutch reports said one of them is Virgin.
It was believed that McGregor would cease its sponsorship of the Williams team at the end of 2010, but it is now being reported in The Netherlands that the deal has instead been extended by three years.
Commercial director of the Dutch fashion brand McGregor, Jan Paul ten Hoopen is quoted as saying: "This extension underscores our belief in the future of formula one and Williams in particular."
Regarding Nico Hulkenberg, Force India has emerged as his best chance to stay in formula one next year.
The promising German rookie has been ruled out of an extended stay at Williams next year. "I heavily regret that, because I would have been happy to stay," the 23-year-old said.
Hulkenberg's manager Willi Weber revealed: "I am negotiating with other teams. Nico will have his seat in F1 in 2011."
Revealing that more news will come in the next "one or two weeks", Weber told SID news agency: "He has to stay in formula one. He is the next biggest hope for Germany after Vettel and Rosberg."
Auto Motor und Sport named Silverstone based Force India as the best option, with Adrian Sutil considering a seat elsewhere and Vitantonio Liuzzi's future clouded despite his possession of a 2011 contract.
Nico Hulkenberg "requires far less salary than Sutil, but he brings far less sponsor money", the German report noted.
Another race seat might be open at Renault, but the latest speculation is that the Russian rookie Vitaly Petrov has done enough to justify the place alongside his sponsors. And Spain's El Mundo reports that the Kremlin might add to Petrov's 2011 coffers, now that Russia is embarking on a F1 circuit project.
"Soon we will know what we are going to do," Vitaly Petrov is quoted by The Guardian newspaper. "We have been going forwards, forwards, forwards, everything going in the right way."
A Dutch GP2 driver emerged as a contender at Williams, while Nico Hulkenberg's manager eyes Force India switch.
McGregor deal puts Giedo van der Garde on pole for Williams seat
On Monday, the British team announced that Nico Hulkenberg is leaving Williams, and the disappointed German's manager Willi Weber said he suspects Pastor Maldonado has been signed for 2011. But another driver with links to some very attractive sponsorship backing has now entered the frame.
Late last month, 25-year-old Giedo van der Garde's manager said he was in talks with several teams and had received "concrete offers" from two. Dutch reports said one of them is Virgin.
It was believed that McGregor would cease its sponsorship of the Williams team at the end of 2010, but it is now being reported in The Netherlands that the deal has instead been extended by three years.
Commercial director of the Dutch fashion brand McGregor, Jan Paul ten Hoopen is quoted as saying: "This extension underscores our belief in the future of formula one and Williams in particular."
Regarding Nico Hulkenberg, Force India has emerged as his best chance to stay in formula one next year.
The promising German rookie has been ruled out of an extended stay at Williams next year. "I heavily regret that, because I would have been happy to stay," the 23-year-old said.
Hulkenberg's manager Willi Weber revealed: "I am negotiating with other teams. Nico will have his seat in F1 in 2011."
Revealing that more news will come in the next "one or two weeks", Weber told SID news agency: "He has to stay in formula one. He is the next biggest hope for Germany after Vettel and Rosberg."
Auto Motor und Sport named Silverstone based Force India as the best option, with Adrian Sutil considering a seat elsewhere and Vitantonio Liuzzi's future clouded despite his possession of a 2011 contract.
Nico Hulkenberg "requires far less salary than Sutil, but he brings far less sponsor money", the German report noted.
Another race seat might be open at Renault, but the latest speculation is that the Russian rookie Vitaly Petrov has done enough to justify the place alongside his sponsors. And Spain's El Mundo reports that the Kremlin might add to Petrov's 2011 coffers, now that Russia is embarking on a F1 circuit project.
"Soon we will know what we are going to do," Vitaly Petrov is quoted by The Guardian newspaper. "We have been going forwards, forwards, forwards, everything going in the right way."