Adrian Sutil spent 2011 with Force India but was let go at the end of the season. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Di Resta Hoping For Top Team Switch In 2014: Paul di Resta has admitted he is hoping to step up to a better team in 2014. Still yet to be confirmed by Force India for 2013, the Scot is however expected to stay with the Silverstone-based squad for his third consecutive season on the grid. But the 26-year-old was openly disappointed this year when overlooked by top teams for the 2013 season, such as McLaren which instead signed Sergio Perez to replace the departing Lewis Hamilton. Di Resta's 2012 Force India teammate Nico Hulkenberg has left for Sauber. And now the Scot has admitted he is also eyeing a move as soon as possible, despite a mid-season performance slump alongside Hulkenberg this year. "The end of my season wasn't great," he admitted. "Next year is a big one for me," di Resta is quoted by the Sun. "I need to do my stuff because it will be performance-based. I think there'll be a few movements at the top, and hopefully I'll be a part of that."

Jaguar Scraps $1M Williams Supercar: Plans for a $1 million hybrid Jaguar supercar in collaboration with F1 team Williams have been scrapped. In 2011, it was announced the famous Oxfordshire-based team had teamed up with the Tata-owned British carmaker Jaguar to create the 200 mile per hour, ultra low-emission C-X75. In May of that year, the now-ousted Williams chairman Adam Parr said the deal was "fundamental to understanding our business going forward. A core element of the strategy set out to investors ... was a partnership with a leading car manufacturer," said Parr. "Our new association with Jaguar Land Rover demonstrates the strategy is on track." According to Autocar, however, Jaguar has axed the C-X75 project due to the world's financial situation. "We feel we could make the car work, but looking at the global austerity measures in place now, it seems the wrong time to launch (an expensive) supercar," said Jaguar's global brand director Adrian Hallmark. He confirmed that the Williams partnership will lapse in May but didn't rule out working together again in the future.

Frijns Could Split F1 With DTM In 2013: Sauber's new reserve driver Robin Frijns could split his Formula One role next year with the German touring car series DTM. Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reports that the reigning Formula Renault 3.5 champion, who is now replacing Esteban Gutierrez as Sauber's 2013 reserve, recently tested a DTM car. The report said the highly regarded 21-year-old Dutchman drove one of Mercedes' DTM machines at Estoril, on the basis of his "strong performance" in 2012. "I drove as hard as possible, and we'll see where it leads," Frijns confirmed.