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Fifteen-year-old Formula BMW frontrunner Sebastien Buemi has become one of the youngest ever drivers to be let loose in a Formula 1 car when he tested a 1999-spec Arrows in the south of France this week.



Swiss youngster Buemi was handed his first taste of F1 power when sponsor TAG Heuer lined up a run in a Ford-powered Arrows A20 at the Luc circuit in France.



Buemi, who has scored two poles in the German-based Formula BMW series in his Lars Kaufmann Racing-run car but lags well behind series dominator Sebastian Vettel in the championship stakes, drove the car at the 'TAG Heuer Formula 1 driving school with AGS'.



"The sensations are extraordinary," said Buemi. "More than ever after this experience, I am determined to conquer the Formula BMW Championship in order to gradually climb the rungs that I hope will one day lead to Formula 1."