Lotterer rejects the IRL

Look for German Formula Nippon ace André Lotterer to stay in Japan and race for the Nakajima Planning team despite a recent IRL road course test with Panther Racing. It seems the test was a way for the Panther squad to cheat the IRL rules regarding testing limits by running Lotterer under the guise of a possible seat for 2005 when in reality it was to get some road course miles on their IRL car.