From GMM
McLaren test driver, veteran Pedro de la Rosa is currently testing with the Force India team at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.
The Silverstone based team's 2008 car in Spain is still being powered by a Ferrari engine, but a major technical collaboration for next year and beyond was recently concluded with McLaren-Mercedes.
De la Rosa has already signed a contract to race with the newly Mercedes-powered and McLaren-equipped Force India team in 2009, the Spanish press declared on Tuesday.
The Spanish newspaper Diario AS said de la Rosa's signing will be confirmed within a few weeks, insisting the 37-year-old is almost certainly taking the seat of the Roman veteran Giancarlo Fisichella. This seems to be pretty unlikely.
"I am very happy to do this test with Force India, thanks to McLaren," de la Rosa confirmed on Tuesday.
"I am excited, but this test does not mean anything. I have nothing to say, and nothing to lose," he added.
To the Spanish newspaper El Pais, he explained: "For the moment, this is just two days of tests and nothing more. My contract is with McLaren, and I thank them for allowing me to do this.
"So far, nobody has promised me anything," de la Rosa insisted.
photo:Force India
McLaren test driver, veteran Pedro de la Rosa is currently testing with the Force India team at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.
The Silverstone based team's 2008 car in Spain is still being powered by a Ferrari engine, but a major technical collaboration for next year and beyond was recently concluded with McLaren-Mercedes.
De la Rosa has already signed a contract to race with the newly Mercedes-powered and McLaren-equipped Force India team in 2009, the Spanish press declared on Tuesday.
The Spanish newspaper Diario AS said de la Rosa's signing will be confirmed within a few weeks, insisting the 37-year-old is almost certainly taking the seat of the Roman veteran Giancarlo Fisichella. This seems to be pretty unlikely.
"I am very happy to do this test with Force India, thanks to McLaren," de la Rosa confirmed on Tuesday.
"I am excited, but this test does not mean anything. I have nothing to say, and nothing to lose," he added.
To the Spanish newspaper El Pais, he explained: "For the moment, this is just two days of tests and nothing more. My contract is with McLaren, and I thank them for allowing me to do this.
"So far, nobody has promised me anything," de la Rosa insisted.
photo:Force India