DECEMBER 18, 2001

BAR to name Fukuda?

BRITISH AMERICAN RACING is to launch today and while there will be much attention on the name of the new team boss - David Richards - there will be some interest over who will be the test drivers for the team next season. Anthony Davidson, Darren Manning, Patrick Lemarie and Ryu Fukuda have all been linked to work with the team and it is possible that all four men will be named as the team had four test drivers in 2001.

Fukuda, who is the French Formula 3 Champion, tested recently for Toyota but was not named as a test driver by the Japanese company.