It seemed that Campos Grand Prix had secured their driver line-up a while ago, with the rumours circulating that Bruno Senna and Pedro De la Rosa were to drive for the new team in 2010.
Since then, Bruno Senna has been confirmed as a Campos driver for 2010, but is seems that Spaniard Pedro De la Rosa will not be so lucky.
Team boss Adrian Campos has said that the lack of Spanish sponsors for De la Rosa may be a problem, also citing they may have a couple of other drivers on their shortlist. He said:
“I would like Pedro de la Rosa but he is Spanish and Spanish sponsors are in a bad way. There are other options from Russia and Venezuela but it all depends on the sponsor.”
Pedro de la Rosa has driven in F1 previously for Jordan, Arrows, Jaguar and McLaren from 1999-2006. His highest ever driver’s championship finish is 11th and his highest ever race finish is 2nd, with both of those results coming when he drove the latter half of the 2006 season for McLaren, when Juan Pablo Montoya left the team. De la Rosa has been the test driver for McLaren for the last 3 years.
