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Farfus joisn Vietoris in BMW test

Apart from Christian Vietoris Brazilian driver Augusto Farfus has also been offered a test with the BMW Sauber F1 team later this year. Both drivers were rewarded a test driver in BMW's Formula One car for their strong results in other series with BMW.

Augusto Farfus

Christian Vietoris will be offered his chance of testing the F1.07 as early as today (Thursday), with the test being the reward for his triumph in the 2006 Formula BMW Final. On the same day, Brazil's BMW touring car works driver Augusto Farfus (BMW Team Germany) also will get the opportunity to complete some laps at the wheel of the BMW Sauber F1 Team's Formula One car.

BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen explains: "In his first year, Augusto Farfus has settled extremely well into our BMW fold and is already a fully integrated member of BMW Team Germany. In recognition of Augusto's achievements, we want to give him the chance to test our Formula One car for a few hours in the run-up to the Formula BMW World Final. It also underlines our philosophy of forging links between our motor sport projects: after Jörg Müller, Dirk Müller, Andy Priaulx and Alessandro Zanardi, Augusto Farfus will be the fifth touring car driver to get behind the wheel of one of our Formula One racers."

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