Oct.1 (GMM) Simona de Silvestro's road to formula one appears to have ended.
Until now, the 25-year-old female Swiss driver was a Sauber tester, testing one of the Hinwil based team's older cars with unique 'Clean Air Energy' branding.The former Indycar driver had also been linked with a F1 debut in Friday morning practice in Austin next month, but Speed Week reports that de Silvestro's management and Sauber have now split."Simona's driving programme will not continue for financial reasons," a spokesman for the Swiss team confirmed."Everyone who has worked with Simona over the past six months is very disappointed."We are currently examining other possibilities," the spokesman is quoted as saying.
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