Giancarlo Fisichella has not received an approach from Ferrari and will race for Force India at the Italian Grand Prix next week, his team boss said.
The 36-year-old has been linked with a temporary switch to the Italian team in place of the injured Felipe Massa.
Force India commercial director Ian Phillips said he expected an offer from Ferrari.
But team chief Vijay Mallya insisted the Italian will turn out for his regular team at Monza.
He has been touted as a replacement for Luca Badoer, who has struggled as a replacement for the injured Felipe Massa.
“Fisichella has himself clarified that he has ‘not received any invitation from Ferrari’ and went on to add that ‘he was looking forward to driving the Force India car at the Monza GP’,” Mallya said, referring to the driver’s comments. BBC Sport
No amount of clarification could not silence the rumour mills and speculation is rife that the Italian would replace the struggling Luca Badoer—mocked as ‘Look How Bad You Are’—in Ferrari even though both Fisichella and his Force India boss Vijay Mallya dismissed the ‘rumours’.
Fisichella said he would race for Force India in Monza.
“It’s a nice place, obviously my home country and I’ve raced there since I was 19-year-old and was in Formula 3. I went to podium in F1 and finished third (with Renault in 2005). It was an amazing result in front of the Italian people,” said Fisichella, who finished second in Belgium, less than a second behind Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.
“It was a great weekend for me (at Belgium), very exciting and I hope to do well in Monza,” added the 36-year-old Roman. Times of India
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