Rossiter was a member of Honda Racing F1's Young Driver Programme, recently boosted by the addition of Mike Conway, before being promoted to official test driver as recently as November 2006, alongside reserve driver Christian Klien.

Rossiter's last drive in the Honda Racing F1 RA107 was back in late February.

James Rossiter

"I am really pleased to be joining the Super Aguri Team as their Test Driver and look forward to getting to know the team over the next few weeks. This is a great opportunity for me and it will be good to get into the SA07 at the Paul Ricard test on Tuesday and start to help the team with their development programme.

"I would like to say thanks to SAF1 Team for this opportunity and also to the Honda Racing F1 Team for all their support over the past two and a half years. I am very pleased to be staying within the Honda family."

Aguri Suzuki

"I am happy to welcome James to the Super Aguri family and that we have the opportunity to work with a young and recognised driving talent. I hope that the relationship we build together over the coming year will help James develop into a competitive driver for the future of the sport."