Bortolotti handed Toro Rosso test

Italian teenager Mirko Bortolotti has been called up to test for Toro Rosso in a three-day rookie session at the Jerez circuit in Spain next month.

The 19-year-old, who won one race on his way to finishing fourth in this year’s Formula Two Championship, is a member of the Red Bull Junior programme and won the 2008 Italian F3 title.