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Force India name Bianchi as reserve driver
The Force India team says Jules Bianchi will be its reserve driver in the 2012 Formula One season, providing backup to Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg.
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The Force India team says Jules Bianchi will be its reserve driver in the 2012 Formula One season, providing backup to Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg.
Force India says on its website that the 22-year-old Frenchman will be involved in a minimum of nine Friday practice sessions during Grand Prix weekends over the season.
Bianchi will try out the VJM05 car for the first time in preseason testing next month.
Bianchi says "I hope it will put me in a strong position to one day move into a race seat."
Topics mentioned in this article
Jules Bianchi
Kimi Raikkonen
Adrian Sutil
Force India
Giancarlo Fisichella
McLaren
Michael Schumacher
Karun Chandhok
Bahrain Grand Prix
Paul di Resta
Valencia
Nico Hulkenberg
Formula 1
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