Caterham team owner Tony Fernandes has admitted to Autosport that Heikki Kovalainen could make a return to Formula One with the Caterham team in 2014.

Neither of the current Caterham drivers, Giedo van der Garde or Charles Pic, have contracts beyond 2013 with the team, and no confirmations have been made regarding their driver line up for 2014.

When asked by Autosport whether Kovalainen was being considered for a return to the team, Fernandes replied, “Absolutely. It is no secret that I am close to Heikki and I have a lot of time for him, so let’s see.

“I will leave it to the team to decide who they want, and it has to be their choice finally at the end of the day.

“It would be foolish to commit now, because plenty can happen between now and the end of the season, so let’s see what is available.”

Kovalainen was recently called in by the team to analyse new upgrades during FP1 in both Bahrain and Spain and he was behind the wheel again in Belgium and Italy.

All the signs are there that we could see Kovalainen returning to F1 in 2014, but nothing is yet set in stone.

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