In an interview with the media yesterday, Andre Lotterer, who made a one-off appearance with Caterham in 2014; has stated that he would consider another shot at F1 but only with a “competitive” team.
Last season, Lotterer was brought in to replace Kamui Kobayashi at Caterham at the Belgian GP.
It was a largely unsuccessful weekend for the World Endurance Championship driver as he retired from the grand prix with an electrical problem.
He did, however, outqualify team-mate Marcus Ericsson by almost a full second despite it being his inaugural F1 outing.
In his interview with the media yesterday, when if he’d be open to another F1 outing, Lotterer stated the following on the subject:-
‘It depends with which team. With a backmarker team, I’d most likely say no, but if it was with a competitive team, for sure I’d be up for the challenge.’
Further on in his interview yesterday, when asked about the possibility of a full-time drive, Lotterer again says it would have to be with a competitive team. He added the following:-
‘It would really have to be something big that was offered to me to leave Audi. I could have carried on [with Caterham] at Monza and Abu Dhabi, but I preferred to leave it as a one-off because I knew it wouldn’t lead to anything as I didn’t have any sponsors.’
Overall, you cannot really disagree with Lotterer. The fact that he could have extended his stay with Caterham shows just how much he was valued as a driver by the team despite the difficult circumstances that they were in.
At the moment, he is very successful with Audi and it would have to be a great opportunity for him to leave them in order to compete in F1. He is also very realistic about the situation in F1 at the moment and believes that Audi is the best fit for himself and his career and is the best option for him. And I would have to agree with him, even though he is very much talented to be in F1 in the first place.
Images courtesy of the Caterham F1 Team
