Conquest set to rotate drivers

Team members agreed to accept a pay cut during the winter as Conquest battled to find sponsorship to continue in the series.

Jaime Camara will be Conquest's only representative at next week's Homestead test, but team boss Eric Bachelart said they are doing their utmost to run two cars in the championship.

"We were a two-car team last year and it's our ambition to stay a two-car team," he said.

"We have to be realistic. It's very possible that we might have to share the car between two drivers for the season."

He believes teams will have to accept that it will be tough to secure major season-long sponsorship in the current financial environment.

"Altogether I think we have to change our approach to sponsorship," Bachelart said. "In today's economy, I think that people are looking for a short-term impact on their business. If we can provide a solution just on short-term impact to the business, then I think we can find sponsorship."

Conquest started the 2008 season with Enrique Bernoldi and Franck Perera, but had to drop the latter when lead sponsor Opes Prime hit problems.

Bernoldi's Brazilian backers put his countryman Camara in the second car for the rest of 2008, while Bernoldi himself was replaced for the final two rounds by Alex Tagliani after an injury and disappointing results. Tagliani then ended Conquest's tough year on a high with a very competitive fourth place at Surfers Paradise.