Aug.7 (GMM) Amid all the current talk about reserve drivers, Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko is calm.
That is despite the fact that, following Sergio Perez’s positive corona test a week ago, Racing Point had to replace the Mexican at the eleventh hour with Nico Hulkenberg.
Realising that Mercedes’ Stoffel Vandoorne is in Berlin for Formula E and Esteban Gutierrez does not currently qualify for a super licence, McLaren put British TV pundit Paul di Resta on standby for this weekend.
Mercedes’ Toto Wolff also says he is seeking a new “solution” with regards to reserve drivers, and has mentioned Hulkenberg as a candidate.
Red Bull’s two reserves, meanwhile – Sergio Sette Camara and Sebastien Buemi – are, like Vandoorne, also in Berlin at the moment for Formula E.
Marko, though, is calm, telling Speed Week: “We have priority for Sergio Sette Camara.
“If we need a replacement driver, he has to skip Formula E and immediately come to England.”
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