The testing at Jerez in Spain only a week away there are a lot of young drivers getting excited.

We are excited about Aussie Daniel Ricciardo testing for RedBull, he just claimed the British Formula3 World Championship this year and we think he is not far off an F1 seat if he can prove himself next week.

Ferrari are testing the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place championship finishers in this years Italian Formula 3 Championship and Williams are testing Nico Hülkenberg who has already been confirmed as their driver for 2010 partnering with Rubens Barrichello.

Despite pulling out of Formula1, BMW has kept it’s promise to allow Mario Alexander Rossi and Esteban Gutiérrez a test. BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen said ”Depriving these junior drivers of the test we had promised them was not an option for us, even after the withdrawal of BMW from Formula One,”

Updated: Mercedes have announced their drivers as Mike Conway and Marcus Ericsson, McLaren are TBC and Ferrari have added a forth driver, Jules Bianchi.

The teams and drivers testing in Jerez from next Tuesday are as follows:Jerez

Red Bull
Daniel Ricciardo

Toro Rosso
Brendon Hartley
Mirko Bortolotti

Brawn GP/Mercedes:
Mike Conway
Marcus Ericsson

BMW Sauber
Esteban Gutiérrez
Alexander Rossi

Renault
Bertrand Baguette

Ferrari
Pablo Sanchez-Lopez
Daniel Zampieri
Marco Zipoli
Jules Bianchi.

Williams
Nico Hülkenberg
Andy Soucek

Force India
Paul di Resta
JR’ Hildebrand

We will be following testing very closely next week and give you live updates throughout the two days.