Monday 20 January 2014

Caterham announce Pic departure

(Ben Johnston 2014)

The Caterham F1 Team confirmed this evening that Charles Pic has left the team meaning that the Leafield squad are on the lookout for at least one new driver for 2014.

In making the announcement that Pic would not be at the team there was no mention of the teams other driver Giedo Van Der Garde's future with the team. Pic joined Caterham at the end of the 2012 season and the news means that his former employers Marussia and the Mercedes F1 team will be the only team's on the grid that will field the same line up as they had in 2013.

It is expected that Caterham will elect to field at least one experienced driver with the new V6 engine era coming into F1 this year teams are opting to have experienced drivers. Former Caterham driver, Heikki Kovailanen and former Toyota driver Kamui Kobayashi are both believed to be on the short list of potential driverd for the the Caterham team.

The team announced last week that they would announce their full line up for 2014 ahead of pre season  testing which begins in Jerez next Tuesday.

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