London: With a revamped Sauber team, Russian teenager Sergey Sirotkin is hopeful of making his Formula One debut next year.
When Russia is preparing to host the 2014 winter Olympic games and the 2018 football World Cup finals, the prospect of a Russian driver in the first Russian Grand Prix has raised expectation.
Russia is expected to host a grand prix on a street circuit to be built at the Sochi Games' Olympic Park, provided the winter games work is not affected.
After Sauber's new partnership with three Russian companies, Sirotkin will be placed on a development programme in order to prepare him as a race driver for 2014.
He is 17 and inexperienced but Sirotkin believes he can do well in Formula One. He said: "At the moment, maybe I am a little bit too young, but that doesn't mean I cannot be ready.
"I have more than half a year to learn, I am doing a good preparation programme - and I can be ready. I don't think it is going to be a big problem."
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