Pastor Maldonado and Nico Hulkenberg remain the keys to the last phase of F1′s 2014 ‘silly season'. PDVSA-backed Maldonado, a grand prix winner, is the powerful ‘pay driver' on the move, reportedly with EUR 40 million in tow and on the lookout for a new team after his Williams split. It is believed that if Lotus' ‘Quantum' investment deal falls through, locking the highly-rated Hulkenberg out, Maldonado is in pole position to replace Kimi Raikkonen in 2014. But Maldonado muddied the waters at Interlagos on Thursday when he told reporters he might not be taking his PDVSA millions to his next team. 'For sure they've been supporting me for a while but maybe they don't...
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