18 Feb 2015

Hulk, Perez prepare for Barcelona test

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<B>HEADED FOR BARCELONA:</B> Force India drivers Nico Hulkenberg (pictured here) and Sergio Perez will attend the second F1 pre-season test in Barcelona. <i>Image: AFP / Alexander Klein</i>

BARCELONA, Spain - The absent-in-Jerez Force India team is setting up for second pre-season testing in Barcelona, Spain.

Despite rumours of financial and supplier trouble, the team is conspicuously among its eight peers at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.

Missing however is its 2015 car, the yet-untested VJM08, amid reports that engine supplier Mercedes' reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein will begin the running in 2014's year's VJM07 on Thursday (Feb 19).

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