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Will to race with ART in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 at Silverstone
Duo BRDC Formula 4 Championship leader Will Palmer will drive for ART Junior Team in next month's (4-6 September) Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 round on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit.
It will be Will's first experience of the series as he continues to compete in his second season of BRDC F4, which the 18-year-old from Southwater currently leads by 69 points with three rounds remaining. The BRDC Rising Star has taken six victories already this year in a highly competitive field, with two further podium finishes.
He will compete in three Eurocup races at Silverstone next month, which form part of the prestigious World Series by Renault package, headlined by Formula Renault 3.5 - a feeder series to Formula One. There will be a qualifying session followed by two races on Saturday, with another qualifying session and race on Sunday.
With a strong pedigree in European junior single-seater racing, ART Junior Team is one of the most respected outfits in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series. Based in Nieul-sur-Mer, France, the squad has achieved numerous race wins and a third-place overall finish with current FIA Formula 3 European Champion Esteban Ocon in Eurocup 2.0 in 2013.
Will said: "I'm delighted to be taking part in the
Formula Renault Eurocup round at Silverstone. It's an extremely
competitive series in which many great drivers have appeared in the
past, but I'm hopeful that with the experience of the ART Junior
Team I can get up to speed quickly and challenge for some good
results."
He added: "Silverstone is definitely one of my favourite tracks,
with some great sequences of corners including the Maggots-Becketts
section. As a BRDC Rising Star, it means that much more to be
racing in front of such a supportive club."
Thibaut de Mérindol, Principal of ART Junior Team, said: "We are
very happy to have Will driving for the team at Silverstone and it
is a great opportunity to work with him. We follow all the F4
series across the world to identify good drivers, and Will is
certainly one of them. We are looking forward to seeing how he will
do against our regular drivers and we are sure he will perform to a
high level."
Latest Results
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, SpainRace 2
1. | G Alesi | 16 laps |
2. | A Hubert | +2.077s |
3. | J Hughes | +2.376s |
4. | J Correa | +3.295s |
5. | D Boccolacci | +3.593s |
6. | N Kari | +3.959s |
7. | C Ilott | +4.904s |
8. | S Laaksonen | +5.544s |
9. | L Pulcini | +6.103s |
13. | W Palmer | +12.603s |
Latest Eurocup Standings
1. | S Fenestraz | 367.5 points |
2. | W Palmer | 298 points |
3. | R Shwartzman | 285 points |
4. | M Defourny | 255 points |
5. | G Aubry | 232 points |
6. | M Fewtrell | 164 points |
7. | D Ticktum | 134 points |
8. | Y Ye | 106.5 points |
9. | R Verschoor | 89 points |
10. | A Peroni | 72 points |