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F1: De La Rosa, Campos Deal In Doubt
Two candidates have overtaken Pedro de la Rosa as favorites to become Bruno Senna's 2010 teammate at Campos...
SPEED Staff / GMM  |  Posted November 11, 2009   GMM Newswire
Adrian Campos said this week that his desired collaboration with Pedro de la Rosa is likely to fail due to a lack of corporate backing. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Two candidates have overtaken Pedro de la Rosa as favorites to become Bruno Senna's 2010 teammate at Campos, while Senna himself has confirmed the team will not pay him.
Adrian Campos said this week that his desired collaboration with Pedro de la Rosa is likely to fail due to a lack of corporate backing. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

The Spanish team's chief Adrian Campos revealed this week that his desired collaboration with de la Rosa, McLaren's main test driver, is likely to fail due to a lack of corporate backing.

"I would like to have Pedro de la Rosa, but he is Spanish and there are problems with the sponsorships of Spaniards," he said.

"There are other options from Russia and Venezuela, but everything depends on the sponsors," Campos added.

Team president Jose Ramon Carabante clarified that Pastor Maldonado is the front-running Venezuelan, while the Russian referred to by Campos is Vitaly Petrov.

As for Senna, having already denied he is a pay-driver, the nephew of the late Ayrton Senna admitted that he hopes to help Campos to attract sponsors.

And as for earning a living himself, the 26-year-old - who has signed a two-year contract - said: "I will receive no pay, but I'm allowed to have personal sponsors."

Senna added: "I am here because I trust Adrian (Campos) completely.

"I spoke with all the teams except Ferrari, and almost all of them demanded that I contribute five million euros in sponsorships.

"In the end I reached an agreement with Campos because they believe in me and because they think that my name will help them to get sponsors."
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