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Fabio Leimer heads to Austria for FIA check

Fabio Leimer is heading to Austria this week hoping to fire up his Manor chances. The Swiss driver and 2013 GP2 champion was trackside in Canada with the backmarker team recently, in his new role as official reserve. And Blick, the Swiss newspaper whose F1 correspondent is the paddock veteran Roger Benoit, said 26-year-old Leimer's Friday driving duties could begin this weekend in Austria. Between Canada and Austria, his manager Sven Mangold has been frantically searching for sponsors to fund Leimer's new F1 foray. 'Actually, I cannot say anything yet, as everything depends on the sponsors,' Mangold had said in Canada. Also important is that Leimer secures the mandatory FIA super licence....
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