In one of the least surprising driver announcements of the pre-season, 19-year-old Jolyon Palmer is to drive for a second season in Formula Two – the championship run by his father Jonathan.
Jack Clarke, who led home a cluster of British drivers in the lower reaches of last year’s Formula Two championship, is to return to the series in 2010 – with high hopes of putting his hard-won experience to good use.
This season’s Formula Two car has made what series organisers call “a hugely impressive track debut” after recording times of around three seconds a lap faster than its predecessor.
The close links between Formula Palmer Audi and Formula Two have developed further with the news that the winner of the junior series in 2010 will get £100,000 off the cost of running in the next year’s F2 campaign.
British fans of open-wheel racing will have two chances to catch Superleague Formula when it comes to the UK in 2010 with dates confirmed at both Silverstone and Brands Hatch.
Denmark’s Johan Jokinen topped the timesheets on the first day of Formula Two’s winter test in Valencia as the only driver able to get under the 1:27 mark.
Former Champ Car and A1GP driver Dan Clarke has widened his search for a 2010 drive by signing up for the Formula Two testing taking place this week at Valencia.
British race fans will have the chance to attend two race weekends on home soil with the 2010 Formula Two championship, including a season-opener at Silverstone.
The fifth season of A1GP contains no date at Brands Hatch because the circuit’s owners were concerned about dwindling crowds and the series’ precarious finances.
Want to see Lewis Hamilton in action? Then your best bet may well be to get yourself along to Brands Hatch in September.
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