Nothing should be read into Pedro de la Rosa's appearance in one of the two Force India cars running in this week's Formula One group test at the Circuit de Catalunya, according to the team.

The Spaniard took over the second VJM01 from regular FIF1 tester Vitantonio Liuzzi for day two of the Barcelona session, prompting speculation that Force India's new technical partnership with McLaren could see the Woking giant have a hand in selecting its drivers for 2009. Vijay Mallya's operation will switch from its current Ferrari power to use a complete McLaren-Mercedes drivetrain package in order to get what it feels is a more advanced KERS system for 2009, but has admitted that it would be foolish not to listen to McLaren's experience on all matters F1.

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