De la Rosa tipped for Force India seat

Paul di Resta will make his formula one debut at the young driver test at Jerez, Switzerland’s Motorsport Aktuell reports. The 23-year-old Scot, who races with Mercedes in the DTM series, will reportedly drive the Mercedes-powered Force India car during the early December session.

He reportedly had a seat fitting at the team’s Silverstone headquarters early this week.

Force India has not confirmed its 2010 driver lineup, and a year ago it was rumoured that Mercedes was keen to see di Resta given a race seat.

De la Rosa tipped for Force India seat

Pedro de la Rosa is tipped to return to the formula one racing grid next year with Force India.

The Silverstone based team, powered by Mercedes engines and supported by McLaren, has not yet confirmed that Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi will definitely be retained for 2010.

Spaniard and McLaren tester de la Rosa, 38, tested a Force India last winter, and was thought to have been first in the queue for a Campos seat for next year.

That option is now believed closed due to a lack of interest by Spanish sponsors, but Spanish radio sources Onda Cero and Radio Marca have reported that Force India is a possibility.

In fact, the sources said an announcement could be imminent.

source: GMM