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The McLaren Mercedes team will run British driver Paul di Resta during four days of testing later in October.
The 22-year-old Scot, currently in second place in the DTM standings, will take to the Silverstone circuit today and tomorrow and again on October 20-21.
McLaren are bringing di Resta in as part of the Young Driver programme that allows teams to carry out further testing during the season without the burdens of mileage and tyre restrictions.

Seems promising. But why are they bringing him in for testing? Is he going to be the new test driver seeing as McLaren are not thinking about making any moves with their 2 main drivers.

Lastest rumour is that McLaren will be making Force India a sub team and Di Resta will be driving for them. I assume giving him some testing duties will help in getting him used to an F1 car.