Sauber have also enhanced their line-up by signing Mexican Esteban Gutierrez as their test and reserve driver for 2011.
BBC: Jerome D'Ambrosio & Esteban Gutierrez win F1 test roles
Di Resta signed for Force India in January after winning the team's support last season as their reserve driver.
In 2007 he was test driver for Honda and was then BMW's reserve driver until they quit the sport last year.
Gutierrez will also take part in those tests behind the wheel of the Sauber after signing as reserve driver for 2011.
BBC: Jerome D'Ambrosio & Esteban Gutierrez win F1 test roles
Williams also announced another member of their team for the 2012 season, with young Finn Valtteri Bottas promoted to role of reserve driver.
Buemi, Red Bull Racing's reserve driver, has been strongly linked with a seat at Toro Rosso, who are now 100% owned by Red Bull.
Team boss Kolles has been looking to add more experience to his team and signed Japan's Sakon Yamamoto as test and reserve driver last month.
McLaren's reserve driver Alexander Wurz was third fastest at the test.
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Di Resta took his first steps in F1 last season when he was signed as Force India's reserve driver, taking part in eight first practice sessions.
Italian Giancarlo Fisichella, who is standing in for Massa in the final few races of the season, will be Ferrari's test and reserve driver in 2010.
In August, reigning Formula 2 champion Andy Soucek terminated his contract as Virgin Racing's third and reserve driver, citing a lack of test driving opportunities this season.
BBC: Jerome D'Ambrosio & Esteban Gutierrez win F1 test roles
The decision to rehire Sutil in favor of the team's 2012 reserve driver Jules Bianchi of France was not an easy one said team principal Vijay Mallya.
Di Grassi, whose move was exclusively predicted by BBC Radio Sheffield, became Renault's reserve driver in 2009 but will now make his F1 race debut with Virgin Racing.
"This drive is a fantastic opportunity and I am looking forward to helping the team in every way I can, " said D'Ambrosio, who joins Virgin Racing's existing reserve driver Luis Razia.
BBC: Jerome D'Ambrosio & Esteban Gutierrez win F1 test roles
The first race of the 2011 Formula One season takes place in Bahrain on March 13 and it appears likely that reserve driver Bruno Senna will be called in to take Kubica's place.
"We felt confident enough in his ability and potential to appoint him to the role of reserve driver in September and since that time his development has been rapid in all aspects, " Booth explained.
There is always talk of Mark Webber retiring and either of the two Toro Rosso drivers could make worthy contenders for the "Sebastian Vettel understudy" role -- as could Red Bull reserve driver Sebastien Buemi.
"It's fantastic to be back with the Marussia F1 Team and with pretty much the same group of people I worked with back in 2010 when I was reserve driver, " Razia told the Marussia website.
Di Resta, who has been promoted from his role as reserve driver, did not improve on that time, and ended the day 10th fastest out of 11 runners after a trip into the gravel at Turn Nine.
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D'Ambrosio has spent four seasons in the GP2 feeder series and is a reserve and test driver at Renault.
BBC: Jerome D'Ambrosio & Esteban Gutierrez win F1 test roles
U.S. driver Alexander Rossi will remain the second team reserve, but will take over Ma's seat in the GP2 championship -- which is the official feeder F1 series for the next generation of drivers.
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