13/11/2007
NEWS STORY
Three-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb is to test with the Renault F1 team next month, part of an initiative which will subsequently see Heikki Kovalainen drive the Frenchman's Citroen C4.
Though Loeb has competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours race on a couple of occasions, this will be his first time in a Formula One car.
The test has been organized by the TotalFinaElf group, which sponsors Loeb courtesy of Total and the Renault F1 team courtesy of Elf.
The 33-year-old is at pains to say that nothing should be read into the test, which he is taking part in purely for "pleasure".