Former McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen has been handed the opportunity to test for Porsche's LMP1 World Endurance Championship team next month.
Magnussen, recently dropped from McLaren's driver programme, will join Mitch Evans and Oliver Turvey at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya on November 10-11, and will also take part in the WEC rookie test in Bahrain later that month. McLaren CEO Ron Dennis has said Magnussen deserves a career in Formula One but a full-time drive in 2016 looks unlikely.
After beating Stoffel Vandoorne to the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 title, Magnussen was promoted to Formula One by McLaren to partner Jenson Button. Despite scoring a podium on his debut in Melbourne he endured a mixed rookie season and was eventually dropped to a reserve driver role as McLaren decided to keep Button alongside Fernando Alonso for 2015.
He deputised for the injured Spaniard in Melbourne, which scuppered his chances of driving in IndyCar, but has sat on the sidelines for the remainder of the current season. He was recently linked with a drive at Lotus as it moves towards a takeover by Renault, but the Enstone team has now confirmed Jolyon Palmer alongside Pastor Maldonado for 2016.