Sporting Director says that McLaren protege is "in the frame"
Monday 2 December 2013 17:12, UK
Danish driver Kevin Magnussen is on the shortlist to take Marussia's second seat for next season, according to the team's Sporting Director Graeme Lowdon.
The downside for Chilton is he has been out-qualified by Bianchi in 13 of the 15 races so far this season. Lowdon added: "There is always a story behind qualifying, some reason or another. "Jules has that bit more experience, but Max has shown he can learn from where Jules has been quick. "In free practice we're often asking drivers to do different things, so on the face of it the timesheets can look radically different. "The key thing from our point of view, knowing for both drivers it's their first year in F1, you expect to see progress. "It's a case of: are we happy with the rate of progress and the form that progress takes? I would say we've been really happy with both drivers."
