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F1: Force India announces Young Driver test line-up for Abu Dhabi

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Khatir Soltani
From Force India

The Force India F1 Team today announced its driver line-up for the young driver test on November 16 and 17, 2010 at the Yas Marina circuit, of Abu Dhabi.

Dutchman Yelmer Buurman and Portuguese Antonio Felix da Costa will share driving duties of the VJM03 with test and reserve driver Paul di Resta.

For Yelmer and Antonio this will be their first taste of an F1 car and an opportunity to gain experience of top-flight motorsport.

Twenty-three year old Buurman has competed in the Superleague Formula, in which he finished second overall in 2008, and in the GP2 Winter Series with Trust Team Arden as teammate of Sebastien Buemi, stepping onto the podium several times.

Nineteen-year old Felix da Costa will be the youngest Portuguese driver ever to drive a Formula 1 car when he steps into the VJM03.

He raced Formula Renault, contested the Formula 3 Euroseries and also raced in the A1 Grand Prix Series.

Khatir Soltani
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