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Kanaan tests BAR at Jerez

Kanaan at BAR on Wednesday

Toothbrush and spare underwear aside, Tony Kanaan remembered to pack the most important thing ahead of his maiden formula one test for BAR at Jerez -- his mobile phone. Stored on it is his IRL team chief Michael Andretti's phone number. "If the BAR guys like me," the Brazilian IRL champion beamed at Jerez, "I can always give his number to Gil (de Ferran) and Nick (Fry)."

On the day before his Thursday run, 30-year-old Kanaan tried the F1 cockpit for size and was told how to operate the complex steering wheel. "This is a childhood dream come true," he grinned, "and always something I wanted to do since I jumped in a go-kart. "I said to Gil 'tell Rubens I got stuck in (the car)!."

Countryman Rubens Barrichello, who will switch from Ferrari to BAR in 2006, is a close friend of Kanaan's. The test is a Honda perk for Kanaan for winning the '04 IRL title.

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