06/12/2005
NEWS STORY
The WilliamsF1 team has today confirmed that Narain Karthikeyan will join the team in Jerez, Spain, this week to assist with its winter testing programme.
The 28 year old from Chennai, India, will join Williams on the first day of the three day Jerez test on Wednesday 7 December. Karthikeyan will be behind the wheel of the Williams FW27C interim chassis and will work alongside Nico Rosberg.
Karthikeyan will test for the team pending the announcement of the team's third driver.
The WilliamsF1 Team's Technical Director, Sam Michael, "arain will be in Jerez to help us with normal testing duties. At this stage of development of the FW27C, we have a series of systems checks and initial set-up investigations to complete. He will be in the car on Wednesday 7 December."