(GMM) IRL champion Tony Kanaan will test BAR's Honda powered car on September 29, the Brackley based Formula One team confirmed.
The 30-year-old Brazilian, a close friend of former rival and countryman Gil de Ferran - also BAR's new sporting director - is set to try the '007' racer at Jerez, in Spain.
Kanaan, full name Antoine Rizkallah Kanaan Filho, revealed that the F1 run was spurred on by Honda after he last year claimed the IRL title.
''It'll be a dream,'' he quipped, nonetheless adding that the session would be 'serious'.
Written: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:51:38
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