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Caterham 'fully committed' to 2015

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Caterham is already testing its 2015 car and says it is "fully committed" to staying in Formula One.

The future of Caterham remains uncertain despite its takeover in July by a consortium of Swiss and Middle Eastern investors. Bernie Ecclestone recently said three-car teams could be a possibility next year, which will happen in the event two or more teams disappeared from the grid.

But Caterham team principal Manfredi Ravetto, the man who replaced Christijan Albers in the wake of his sudden departure in early September, fully expects the team to remain.

"We are currently testing our 2015 car in Cologne, at Toyota's wind tunnel," Ravetto told the official F1 website. "Obviously you cannot run your car in Cologne just because of our extremely nice attitude. You only can do this with an injection of cash - which we did. And if we do this it means that we are fully committed to being here next year. Let me explain some of the reasoning: a Formula One team and a Formula One entry are huge assets, and therefore you have to do your maximum to protect these assets."

Though he believes the new ownership can deliver "miracles" for Caterham, Ravetto's main focus in the present is make sure Caterham goes into 2015 on solid footing.

"I hope that soon there will be some stabilising moments. This is our main goal: to stabilise the patient! We are currently trying to keep developing our current car. We want to introduce some more new bits and pieces because the 10th place in the constructors' championship is our focus. P10 [in the constructors'] is of highest importance to us - but it is not vital.

"We have a plan in place regardless of the place, as we want to give the company a future. We have restructured the technical department and put it under the control of John Iley and his staff, which was not the case before we arrived. And it already shows very interesting data. But of course we will not build the world championship-winning car."

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