BMW F1 team to test Estonian Asmer, Spaniard Villa
Alan Baldwin
Sat, Dec 01, 2007
Reuters
>LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Estonian Marko Asmer and Spaniard Javier Villa will test for BMW Sauber in Spain next week as part of the Formula One team's search for a 2008 reserve driver.
The team, who finished second overall this season after McLaren were stripped of their points, are looking for a replacement for German test driver Timo Glock who has secured a race seat at Toyota.
Their other 2007 test driver, Sebastian Vettel, is now racing for the Toro Rosso team.
BMW Sauber said in a statement that British F3 champion Asmer, 23, would test on Tuesday afternoon and all of Friday in Jerez with 20-year-old Villa in the car on Tuesday morning only.
Asmer tested with former champions Williams as a teenager in 2003, when they were partnered by BMW.
