Klien: If there's a seat available I'll fight for it

Christian Klien isn't giving up on his dream of returning to F1, determined to land one of the two race-seats still available for this year's Championship.

With Renault confirming the signing of Vitaly Petrov during their Valencia launch, space on the F1 grid is running out fast with only two seats still open.

Those race-seats are with newcomers Campos Meta and USF1, both of whom have been criticised by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, who reckons they may not make the starting grid in Bahrain.

Klien, though, is holding out hope that they do - and that one of them sign him to race.

"As long as there are cockpits available I will try hard," the 27-year-old told Autosport.

"I came close at Sauber and at Renault. At both teams I was in the running until the day before announcements of (Pedro) de la Rosa and Petrov respectively.

"Over the winter there were changes in the teams' leading personnel and in team structures that were not foreseeable for me and that did not play into my hands."

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