American Bell testing for second Jaguar seat INDIANAPOLIS, In - Townsend Bell of the United States is one of the drivers being considered as Mark Webber's teammate at Jaguar Racing for the 2004 Formula One season, which includes the United States Grand Prix on June 20 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Bell, 28, will be one of several drivers testing for Jaguar at Spain's Valencia circuit from Nov. 25-27. Austria's Christian Klien, 20, who finished second in the Euro Formula 3 championship, and England's Justin Wilson, who competed in five Grands Prix for Jaguar last year, will also test for Jaguar. The team also has expressed interest in Austria's Alexander Wurz, now working as a test driver for West McLaren-Mercedes. The upcoming test is not a shoot-out but part of Jaguar's evaluation of potential drivers, a team spokesman said. Other drivers may test for the team before a decision is made. Bell competed in the 2003 FIA International Formula 3000 Championship with the Arden International team alongside Sweden's Bjorn Wirdheim, who won the title. The highlight of Bell's season came in the Hungarian round where he took third and became the first driver from the United States to finish on a podium in an F3000 race. He ended up ninth in the final points standings. This will be Bell's second test in a F1 car. In September, he tested with the Lucky Strike BAR-Honda team. The three-day test, which took place at the Lurcy circuit in central France, saw Bell complete more than 930 miles (1,500 km) of straight-line testing on a one-mile (1.5-km) track as he worked closely with Honda engineers to collect data. Bell competed in the Formula Dodge Western championship in the United States in 1997. He won twice and finished fourth in points. In 1998, he raced in the U.S. Barber Dodge Pro Series, and the following year he scored a win and finished third in that championship. Bell moved up to Indy Lights in 2000 where he ended up second in the final standings after winning two races. In 2001, Bell won six times to become Indy Lights champion. In 2002, he competed in nine CART races with a best finish of fourth. His goal is to become the first U.S. driver to compete in F1 since Michael Andretti in 1993. "It is just a question of getting the right opportunity," Bell said earlier this year. "Maybe that comes tomorrow; maybe that comes next year or the year after. Whether it is fair or not, I get a bit of an advantage because I'm an American, and that is nice, for once. "I'd like to play a small part in making F1 more popular in the United States, which would be great for everyone, not just myself. None of it matters, however, unless you are getting the results on the racetrack."