Zonta extends contract


By Karl King
November 28 2005

Panasonic Toyota Racing today announced that it has extended its contract with Brazilian Ricardo Zonta, the team's test and reserve driver. Zonta excelled throughout 2005, regularly either outpacing McLaren-Mercedes tester Pedro de la Rosa, or coming second to the Spaniard.

"I am very pleased to have signed again with Panasonic Toyota Racing for the coming season," said Zonta. "We enjoyed such a successful year in 2005 and I am sure this trend will continue. I feel part of the family at Toyota and I would rather continue to offer them my services as third driver than become race driver in another series which I may not enjoy as much as Formula 1. I feel that I have contributed significantly to Toyota's success and I look forward to extensive testing of the TF106 to help propel us into the top flight of Formula 1."

 

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