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De la Rosa returns to McLaren as reserve

9 March 2011

McLaren has announced that it has re-signed Pedro de la Rosa as a test and reserve driver for the team, joining Gary Paffett alongside Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Following the majority of a 2010 season with Sauber, 2011 will mark the Spaniard’s eighth term with the Woking squad.

Having made his Formula 1 debut with Arrows to score points in his first Grand Prix, Australia 1999, de la Rosa switched to Jaguar from the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix before enduring a tough full season with the outfit now known as Red Bull in 2002.

As well as Sauber last year, the Barcelona man also served as new supplier Pirelli’s tyre tester. During his first stint as a McLaren employee, the team challenged for drivers’ titles on three occasions before finally triumphing with Hamilton in 2008.

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