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F1: Sauber To Announce Second Driver Next Week
Sauber will announce its second driver for the 2010 season next week...
SPEED Staff / GMM  |  Posted December 31, 2009   GMM Newswire
Nick Heidfeld had driven for the team since 2006, but when BMW announced their withdraw he was out of a job. With the return of Sauber though Heidfeld may return. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Sauber will announce its second driver for the 2010 season next week.
Nick Heidfeld had driven for the BMW-Sauber team since 2006, but when BMW announced their withdraw late last year he was out of a job. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Peter Sauber, the formerly BMW-owned team's boss and founder, wrote on his Twitter page: "Second driver to be announced next week. The team is ready to work. Happy New Year."

Japan's Kamui Kobayashi, a refugee of Toyota's former F1 program, was announced as the Hinwil based team's first race driver for 2010 two weeks ago.

Team incumbent Nick Heidfeld, who was part of Sauber's outfit in collaboration with BMW since 2006, had hoped to secure the second seat at Mercedes GP.

Part of Mercedes' young driver program in the 90s, Heidfeld had pinned his hopes on Michael Schumacher’s future.

"I have already turned down concrete opportunities and we are continuing to give other possibilities a lesser priority," the veteran of 169 Grands Prix said a few weeks ago.

With Schumacher having announced his comeback with Mercedes, Heidfeld essentially has no home and isn’t guaranteed a seat although he is no doubt the favorite.

Also believed a frontrunner is Pedro de la Rosa, and the Belgian Bertrand Baguette is tipped for the reserve role.
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