Ex-McLaren driver David Coulthard will be testing for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team in Jerez, Spain, this week.

A statement issued yesterday confirmed the Briton’s participation in their scheduled winter-test programmed in Jerez beginning today. "Red Bull Racing confirmed today that as part of the continued winter test programme, David Coulthard will join the team in Jerez this week driving the 2004 car, the R5."

Obviously very pleased with the new opportunity, Coulthard said, "I am pleased to have the opportunity to join the team this week and am really looking forward to getting back behind the wheel of an F1 car."

Coulthard, who has been replaced at McLaren by Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, has yet to find a new employer. The 33-year-old Scot has won 13 grands prix in total, more than any other active driver other than world champion Michael Schumacher.

Red Bull Racing, the former Jaguar team bought from Ford by Austrian energy drink billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz last month, represent his best chance of staying in the sport after a decade with Williams and McLaren.