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Lotus pair keep seats for Turkey practice

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Neither Jarno Trulli or Heikki Kovalainen will have to give up their T128 cockpits on Friday morning in Turkey.

It will be the first time in 2011 that the team has not appointed a Friday driver for the initial practice session.

It was believed Ricardo Teixeira, backed by the Angolan oil company Sonangol, is next in line for a Friday outing, but he will have to wait for his chance as negotiations regarding his sponsorship have yet to be settled.

Team boss Tony Fernandes said he thought Lotus would make its "next step" forwards not in Turkey this weekend, but in Barcelona in two weeks. "I am not expecting us to have found another chunk of time here as we have been focusing on the Barcelona race for the update package," he said.

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