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IRL: Rubens Barichello to test for Penske?

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Khatir Soltani
From Luc Fradette

With the future of Rubens Barichello very much in doubt with Formula One's Honda Racing, rumours abound regarding the options for the Brazilian driver and portal Grande Premio states that he will test an IndyCar in November.

Most observers believed that the Nextel Copa Stoch Car series could be the place where Barichello winds up next year to drive alongside former F1 drivers like Antonio Pizzonia, Luciano Burti and Tarso Marques.

But credible reports from Brazil states that engine supplier Honda and IRL's Team Penske have agreed to test Barichello in a Dallara-Honda at the Homestead circuit in November.

Team Penske have still to announce their 2009 driver's line-up while the racing's future of Helio Castroneves is uncertain as he has to go to trial for tax evasion.
Khatir Soltani
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