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Honda set to confirm Bruno Senna test The final details of Bruno Senna's debut formula one test, for the Japanese team Honda in November, are being discussed at Interlagos this weekend. The German news agency SID said on Saturday the event will take place in the third week of November, in evaluation for a race seat in 2009. He told reporters in Brazil that no contracts have been signed. "I hope that with this test the right people can see that I am ready for formula one," Senna said. He is also in talks with Toro Rosso, the team co-owned by his late uncle Ayrton Senna's former McLaren teammate Gerhard Berger, but Senna seemed keenest on the Honda option. "I believe I could learn a lot with them, very quickly," said the 2008 GP2 runner-up. "It would be the ideal start for me." He therefore played down reports of a handsome multi-million euro offer from Berger's Toro Rosso, but did admit he is a healthily sponsored driver, with the possible backing of the Mexican telecommunications giant Telmex. Sebastien Loeb to test Red Bull next month Multiple world rally champion Sebastien Loeb is set to return to the wheel of a formula one car for a test this winter. According to the French source RMC, the 34-year-old Frenchman, who made his F1 test debut last year with Renault, will drive the current Renault-powered Red Bull single seater. The test, backed by a sponsor of his rally team Citroen, is due to take place on November 17 at Spain's Circuit de Catalunya. Sebastien Loeb is no stranger to circuit racing, having contested the famous Le Mans 24 hour race twice, in 2005 and 2006. Ferrari plan Valentino Rossi test in 2008 Valentino Rossi will test Ferrari's formula one car at an Italian circuit before the end of the year, a spokesman for the famous team said at Interlagos on Saturday. "He's a friend of Ferrari, we are friends of his and it's a nice way to celebrate his world championship and fantastic career," he is quoted as saying by Reuters. Rossi, the flamboyant Italian MotoGP rider, said recently he wanted to celebrate his sixth title by reprising his Ferrari tests of a few years ago.
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