Kimi Raikkonen Is Out: Will Davide Valsecchi Replace Him at Lotus?

Now that Kimi Raikkonen's manager, Steve Robertson, has confirmed, per Sky Sports, the Finnish driver will miss the final two races of the 2013 season, who is going to replace him?  Lotus has promised an announcement soon, according to ESPN F1, but there are only two plausible choices: reserve driver Jerome d'Ambrosio and third driver Davide Valsecchi. Both could make a reasonable argument for why the race seat should theirs.  D'Ambrosio has race experience, starting all 19 races of the 2011 season for Marussia.  He also raced for Lotus at the 2012 Italian Grand Prix, filling in during Romain Grosjean's one-race ban. Valsecchi has not raced in Formula One, but he does have experience driving this yea...

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