David Coulthard may have a chance to get behind the wheel of a Formula One car this season if things don’t go to plan at Red Bull in China.
The 39-year old, who retired from the sport at the end of 2008 and is now a pundit for the BBC, has been confirmed as the team’s reserve driver for the Chinese grand-prix weekend after Daniel Ricciardo and Brendon Hartley were confirmed as “not being in Shanghai.”
Instead of being in China, the pair will be in Spain for the start of their 2010 Renault World Series season both driving for the French Tech 1 team.
Ricciardo, 20, still insists however that he is able to split his time between the RWS and F1 and confirmed he will be in attendance to the majority of F1 Grands Prix this season.
“It’s important to be able to cope with the pressure and the number of events to prepare you for a possible future in F1,” he said.
The news was issued by a Red Bull spokeswoman on Thursday, just a week after the Scotsman was confirmed as a driver for Mercedes in the 2010 DTM championship.
