Pirelli announced on Wednesday that former Virgin racer Lucas di Grassi has become their Formula One test driver. Di Grassi will drive the Italian company's Toyota TF109 test car to develop their latest generation of F1 tyres for the future in at least five tests over the course of this year
Pirelli has confirmed that Lucas di Grassi will take over the driving duties at its next private test session in Barcelona, now that Pedro de la Rosa has been signed up as McLaren's reserve driver
Drivers: Lucas Di Grassi (Virgin), Nico Hulkenberg (Williams), Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus), Robert Kubica (Renault) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull).
Q: Gentlemen, how is it to be in F1? Lucas, would you like to start?
Lucas Di Grassi: For me it is a great honour to be here in F1. It is my first races as official driver, so there has been a lot of work, a lot of effort to arrive in this position, so I am just enjoying every minute...