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Force India to decide driver line-up after Jerez test

The Force India Formula 1 team will reveal its driver line-up after the team completes its three-day test session in Jerez next month GPUpdate.net can reveal exclusively. The team is currently testing in Barcelona with five different drivers and it is very likely two of them will be chosen to become the team's official race driver.

The Force India Formula 1 team is one of the few teams that has yet to confirm its full driver line-up for the upcoming 2008 Formula 1 season. At Circuit de Catalunya the team is testing Roldan Rodriguez, Giedo van der Garde, Adrian Sutil, Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi in the car.

Vitantonio Liuzzi

Speaking about next year's driver line-up Force India team boss Colin Kolles told GPUpdate.net: "We are looking for the best option for next year. Everybody has equal chances and gets a fair test. The team has to make the right decision for the future, to make next season more successful. We will test in Jerez, but we can't make any announcements yet about the drivers that will be testing with us in Jerez. After Jerez though we will make a decision and confirm our driver line-up.

"We plan to make quick decisions, so we know in which direction we should move. It's better to have the driver line-up in an early stage and not in March for example. I don't know if it will be two or three weeks after Jerez, but it will be after the test and as soon as possible."

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