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'Bianchi was lined up to replace Kimi'
Jules Bianchi was Ferrari-bound having been 'picked' to replace Kimi Raikkonen; that's according to Luca di Montezemolo. The Frenchman was a member of the Ferrari driver academy with the Scuderia guiding his career. Not only did he take part in testing days with the Italian stable but they also helped him to a Marussia race-seat. And that seat, revealed former president di Montezemolo, was all part of the plan to prepare him for a future with Ferrari. 'Jules Bianchi was one of us, was a member of the Ferrari family and he was the driver we had picked the future, once the collaboration with Raikkonen was over,' di Montezemolo told the Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper. 'He was a first-rate...
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