From GMM
Jerome d'Ambrosio has emerged as a possible candidate to be Robert Kubica's teammate at Renault in 2010. The 24-year-old Belgian has been a GP2 driver in the last two years, and in the wake of the Genii buyout, he is being linked with the Enstone based team by sections of the French press. Like the Dutch-born Chinese Ho-Pin Tung, who earlier this month tested the R29, d'Ambrosio is managed by the Gravity Sport management company, which has links to Genii's Gerard Lopez. Gravity Sport CEO Eric Boullier is the new boss of the newly Lopez-controlled Renault team. He is also the former boss of the DAMS GP2 team, for whom d'Ambrosio raced in 2009. D'Ambrosio also has historical ties to Renault, including as a prominent member of the French marque's driver development programme, and stints in Formula Renault and the Renault World Series. Meanwhile, Bernie Ecclestone has crossed his fingers that Christian Klien is chosen to be Kamui Kobayashi's teammate at Sauber in 2010. Klien, 26, has been the Hinwil based team's test driver for the past two years but faces stiff competition for the race seat from incumbent Nick Heidfeld and hopefuls including Pedro de la Rosa. The Austrian, who prior to becoming a tester contested 48 grands prix with Jaguar and Red Bull, said recently he is holding off signing a 2010 deal with Le Mans team Peugeot because he is hoping for a F1 seat. "If Christian gets the Sauber cockpit it would be great," F1 chief executive Ecclestone told the Austrian national broadcaster ORF during a winter vacation at the exclusive Lech am Arlberg ski resort. "I have always supported Christian, it would definitely be a good team for him," the British billionaire added.
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