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Despite speculation that current BAR driver Olivier Panis is in talks with the Panasonic Toyota Racing outfit in regard s to a drive for the 2003 season, British tabloid, the Sun, is reporting that the Cologne based team has made an offer to Orange Arrows driver, Heinz- Harald Frentzen, to take over from regular driver, Allan McNish after the German Grand Prix this weekend.

According to the report, Toyota were hopeful of securing Jenson Button's services but after they were rejected in favour of British American Racing, they turned to three time race winner, Frentzen with an offer of two and a half million pounds. It is unknown what the term's of Frentzen's Arrows contract are, but with the team's future still up in the air after dramas at Silverstone and then failing to race in France, the German star could be open to a new deal.

So what about Panis? If Frentzen takes the Toyota drive, that doesn't leave a lot of options, however BAR boss Dave Richards hinted that there may be a way to keep Panis with the team, joining Villeneuve and Button in a unique set of circumstances yet to unfold.