Formula 1: Pedro de la Rosa has put himself in the frame to replace Fernando Alonso at McLaren for the 2008 season.
Spaniard De la Rosa has worked as McLaren's test and development driver since 2003 and contested the final eight races of the 2006 season after Juan Pablo Montoya left the team to pursue a career in NASCAR.
The 36-year-old former Arrows and Jaguar driver was in the running to land the coveted drive on a permanent basis at the end of last season before team principal Ron Dennis hired Britain's Lewis Hamilton.
De la Rosa told El Pais newspaper: "At the moment the team is in no rush and neither am I. What's 100 per cent certain is that I will be a McLaren test driver and that I have two years left of my contract.
"If the team needs a driver, I'm ready and willing, that's for sure."
Alonso left the Woking-based team just 12 months into a three-year deal last week following a turbulent season that saw the 26-year-old finish third in the title race behind Hamilton and new world champion Kimi Raikkonen.
The double world champion is now the subject of feverish speculation as to who he will drive for next season - with Renault and Red Bull Racing the favourites to secure his services - but De la Rosa was tight-lipped on his compatriot's future plans.
"It's a personal decision which I prefer not to discuss because I'm nobody to say anything," he said. "To me it was a pleasure to work with him, he's a great champion. Fernando is not my team-mate any more and it would be wrong to talk about his future."