Manor: Fabio Leimer could participate in Grand Prix at the end of the season

The young Swiss driver, Fabio Leimer, joined Manor earlier this month as a test and reserve driver and is expected to participate in a free practice session next week as part of the British Grand Prix: « For now, it seems I will do the first free practice at Silverstone, but as you know, everything can change very quickly in F1 if someone shows up with a lot of money […] ; but I think at Silverstone I will do a first practice session and maybe at the end of the season, I could do a few races. »

In 2013, Fabio Leimer became the GP2 champion, beating Sam Bird, who is now in Formula E. During 2013, the Rothrist native was already in contact with Marussia: « We had been in contact with Marussia since 2013, but in the end, we never had the necessary budget to be a driver in 2014, Formula 1 was over for me. Suddenly, I receive a call saying: “we are interested in having you as a third driver and maybe even doing a few races at the end of the year”; so I am happy. »

According to him, Manor should not introduce a new car for this season: « At the moment, it seems they will stick with this car, it wouldn’t make sense to introduce a new car this season, better to work for next year ».

As a reminder, Fabio Leimer replaces Jaime Alguersuari for the last Formula E event in London with Virgin Racing this weekend.