Autosport (UK)

Hitech adds UK campaign to 2020 season plans

- STEFAN MACKLEY

Leading UK single-seater team Hitech GP will contest the 2020 BRDC British Formula 3 Championsh­ip when the season gets under way next month.

The Silverston­e-based squad, which already competes in FIA and Asian Formula 3 and will also contest Formula 2 this season, will field two cars in the UK category.

The squad, which was second in the FIA F3 teams’ championsh­ip last year and operates the centrally run W Series, will confirm its drivers in the coming weeks.

Team principal Oliver Oakes said: “We’d looked at British F3 on and off for a couple of years but it just never came together. One year we did Asian F3 and then last year we took the tender for W Series.

“I think with the current COVID-19 situation, doing something in the UK could be good to have. It’s a good championsh­ip for the young drivers and good for our staff.

“British motorsport doesn’t get the credit it deserves for developing drivers. People should be more compliment­ary and understand­ing that British motorsport develops talent.”

 ??  ?? Pulcini was a race winner in FIA F3 with Hitech last year
Pulcini was a race winner in FIA F3 with Hitech last year

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