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BMW Sauber hunting for team's third driver

BMW Sauber F1 team boss Dr. Mario Theissen is searching for a new test and reserve driver. As it was announced on Monday the team's current test driver, Timo Glock, will join the Toyota F1 team in 2008 to race alongside Jarno Trulli. And thus Theissen is now searching for a replacement.

"We will shortly be giving some young drivers the chance to test for us and then we will decide," said Mario Theissen. The BMW Sauber F1 team will travel to the South of Spain for a three-day test session at Jerez next month. A spokesperson was able to confirm to GPUpdate that "the team will be testing with both Nick Heidfeld and Robert Kubica, but it is likely that the team will invite a possible candidate for the position of third driver."

Speaking about the team's 2007 test driver Theissen furthermore confirmed: "Timo Glock, at any rate, will not be driving for the BMW Sauber F1 Team next year. We invited him to be our test driver, but he has been offered a race seat by another team. We wish Timo every success for his career in Formula One. He is one of the highly promising drivers to have come out of Formula BMW with good future prospects and we are confident that he will establish himself in Formula One. I don't want to exclude the possibility that we might be working together again some time in the future."

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