Zoom Time running out for Rubens Barrichello?

Rubens Barrichello is set to test an IndyCar following next month's Interlagos race, which could turn out to be the last Grand Prix of his long Formula One career.

The 36-year-old Brazilian said at Fuji last weekend that the 'silence' at Honda is becoming 'tiresome.' as he bids to remain with the Japanese team in 2009.

Honda, however, seems more likely to sign either Fernando Alonso or Bruno Senna as Jenson Button's team-mate next year, raising the prospect of F1's longest-running driver career coming to an end.

It was already rumoured that Barrichello's best option outside of Formula One was the premier Brazilian stock car series, which houses former Brazilian F1 racers Tarso Marques, Luciano Burti, Ricardo Zonta and Antonio Pizzonia.

But the South American motorsports portal Grande Premio claims that Barrichello is to test a Honda-powered Penske IndyCar next month, possibly at the Homestead track in Florida.

Source: GMM
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