Forsythe stages shoot-out

Czech driver Tomas Enge is the most experienced of the three and he will be joined at the test by Toyota Atlantic standouts Andrew Ranger and Alex Figge. Enge beat 2004 Champ Car titlist Sebastien Bourdais on points in the 2002 FIA F3000 championship, but then had his title taken away by the FIA after a positive drug test.

Canadian Ranger, who has only just turned 18, was an impressive fourth in the 2004 Toyota Atlantic standings, while 23-year-old American Figge came in seventh overall.

Forsythe boss Gerry Forsythe, who may run up to four cars next year if sponsorship materializes, said in Mexico City he was looking to test "a couple of Czech drivers" at Sebring. One of those is Enge and the other is almost certainly Jarek Janis, who contested one Champ Car race this year for Dale Coyne Racing.

Enge, who is believed to bring sponsorship money, ran the last two rounds of the IndyCar series this season with Patrick Racing, but is looking at other alternatives since the future of Pat Patrick's operation is still up in the air following GM's partial withdrawal of IRL racing next year - the team ran Chevrolet engines in 2004 and has yet to find a new supplier.

Forsythe ran Carpentier and Paul Tracy to third and fourth places in the 2004 Champ Car standings. Tracy, the 2003 champion, and Mexican Rodolfo Lavin will stay with the team for 2005.