From GMM Takuma Sato gets second Toro Rosso test Takuma Sato will test for Toro Rosso for the second time later this month. Following Sato's maiden outing with the Faenza based team at Jerez earlier this year, the Japanese has now been confirmed for the Barcelona test in mid November. It is believed that Bruno Senna , to already be at the Spanish venue for his Honda run, will also be in action for the Ferrari-powered team, as will fellow 2009 race seat contender Sebastien Buemi. Rubens Barrichello has also been linked with the partly Red Bull-owned team for 2009. Lucas Di Grassi to test Honda this month Honda has announce that Renault test driver Lucas di Grassi will test for Honda later this month. Di Grassi, 24-years-old and from Sao Paulo, was hoping to make his debut with Renault next year, but said recently if he did not get a seat, he would negotiate with other teams. Honda on Friday said he will test at the Circuit de Catalunya during the first test of the winter. Angry Bernie Ecclestone backtracks amid new racism storm A furious Bernie Ecclestone has slammed the reaction to his comments that recent incidents involving Lewis Hamilton were jokes rather than examples of real racism. UK anti-racism campaigner Paul Elliot who believes 78-year-old Ecclestone "should resign" as a result.But the British billionaire has hit back at suggestions he is insensitive to the seriousness of racism."I was the one who pulled the grand prix out of South Africa (after 1985) in support of Nelson Mandela because of bloody apartheid before these people knew anything about racism," Ecclestone told The Times.Ecclestone described the group of fans in Barcelona as "cowards", and branded obscene messages on a Spanish website last week "disgusting". "We won't put up with that in formula one," Ecclestone told the Mirror. "They are cowards. They are nothing, they are nobodies." photo: Red Bull - Gepa Pictures
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