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F1: Spanish teenager to test for Williams F1 Team

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Khatir Soltani
Spanish youngster Dani Clos, a former member of the Renault Drivers' Development Programme is set to make his formula one test debut at the wheel of a Williams Formula 1 car this week.

Dani Clos

Nineteen-year-old Dani Clos, a Formula 3 Euroseries competitor from Barcelona, is set to conduct a 50-km straight-line aerodynamic test with the British team at a local aerodrome, the Spanish newspaper Diario AS reported.

It is suggested Clos may also be in action at the wheel of a Toyota-powered Williams next week at Jerez, the final in-season test of the 2008 season.

'AS' said Clos is under evaluation to become a Williams test driver for 2009.
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Khatir Soltani
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