Jolyon Palmer will return to the driving seat next week (11-13 March) at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina circuit as the first official GP2 test of the season gets underway in the Middle East.

Palmer switches to the French DAMS team and starts the season as a pre-season title favourite, with the squad carrying Romain Grosjean and Davide Valsecchi to championship glory in recent years.

Jolyon is focussed on getting as much mileage as possible during the three day test, before moving on to the final winter test in Bahrain on 19-21 March.

"It's been a long winter and I can't wait to get back in the car and start driving for DAMS. We have been working extremely hard over the past couple of months to make sure we're in the best position to fight for the title. We have lots of testing plans with both long and short runs. The aim for testing is all about learning and aiming to hit the ground running in Bahrain for the first race."

Coverage from Abu Dhabi testing will be available on Jolyon's official website www.jolyonpalmer.com.