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Former Albers manager teams up with Doornbos

Lodewijk Varossieau, former manager of Christijan Albers, has signed an agreement to take care of Robert Doornbos' management, his company GR8 Industries has announced. The partnership comes as a bit of a surprise as a few years ago Albers and Doornbos were major rivals and made no secret of their opinions of each other

GPUpdate.net caught up with Varossieau about his plans with former Red Bull, Minardi and Jordan driver Robert Doornbos.

"We have achieved a lot with Christijan in motor sport and we learned a lot in those years," Varossieau said. "Unfortunately we both had to go our own way about a year ago but our ambitions haven't changed. We're still out there to link the best drivers to great brands at the highest level in motor sport and football. Business-wise Robert is an interesting person to work with and it will be a big challenge to get the best deals for him."

The former Red Bull driver joined the Champ Car series in the 2007 season but missed out on a seat in 2008 as Champ Car merged with IRL. According to Varossieau all eyes are still on the US though. "We try to support Robert during his negotiations with the various teams in the US and a number of big companies that could be interesting to support his career in the US."

The Formula 1 circus looks like a closed book for Doornbos but his new manager does not want to rule out a return to the highest level of racing. "Nothing is impossible..."

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