Force India F1 team’s Vitantonio Liuzzi has dismissed speculation that he will be replaced by Paul di Resta in 2011. Indeed the Italian has insisted that he has a contract and hasn’t been given any indication that his services won’t be required next year.
Rumours about Liuzzi intensified over the recent Singapore Grand Prix weekend after reports in Autosport last week said it is almost certain test and reserve driver di Resta will be handed a race seat and that the team wants to retain Adrian Sutil too - assuming he doesn't go to Renault.
“Over the weekend there were rumours that Paul di Resta has secured a seat at Force India next year,” Luizzi said in his post-Singapore GP column on ESPNF1. “Personally I don't know if he has a place or what his contract says, but from my understanding that would mean that Adrian is out because I have a contract.
“The truth is that I haven't heard anything like that from inside the team and nothing has changed, so I can only assume that the stuff on TV and in the papers is a rumour.
“It's well appreciated in the team that my results (this season) have not been my fault and (Team Principal) Vijay Mallya has given me his full trust.
“In a few weeks more information will come out, but I'm not worried by the speculation in the press in the mean time.
"That kind of stuff is normal at this stage of the year, especially when there are rookies that people want to get into the business - more and more rumours are created.
"I don't really fear that, I just want to do the best I can for the team and secure Force India sixth in the championship.”
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