Force India co-owner Vijay Mallya has promised to announce the team's 2008 drivers before New Year, and that the choice will "balance talent with experience".
The newly-monikered team put a raft of drivers through their paces at Jerez last week, with Giancarlo Fisichella, Ralf Schumacher, Christian Klien and Tonio Liuzzi all auditioning for the seat alongside Adrian Sutil.
Mallya says he will mull over his options over the next two weeks before making an official announcement at the start of 2008.
"I will decide who we will sign," he told The Mail on Sunday newspaper.
"I need to balance talent with experience, and I need to find out how the engineers feel on driver feedback.
"I'll decide before Christmas - but there won't be an announcement until the New Year."
Mallya and the Dutch Mol family took over the Silverstone-based squad in September after former owner Spyker hit severe financial trouble.
Investment
The Indian billionaire says he plans to boost the team with significant investment but is aware that it takes more than fiscal frivolity to attain success.
"The team will have $100m (£50m) a year to work with," he said.
"[But] The bottom line is that money cannot buy performance.
"Equally, there's only so much research and development you can do in one year
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