Edwards’ late deal

Renault UK Clio Cup racer Jade Edwards struck a late deal to remain in the category this year. She finished 16th in the standings last term with Ciceley Motorsport and sealed a late move to the MRM team for 2018. She took a best result of ninth from the opening races at Brands Hatch last weekend.

BRDC British F3 frontrunner Toby Sowery will make a fulltime switch to sportscars in 2018 with a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 in the International GT Open Championship.

Sowery, who finished third and fourth in British F3 in 2016 and 2017 respectively with Lanan Racing, will compete in the GT3 series which visits Estoril, Paul Ricard, Spa, Hungaroring, Silverstone, Monza, and Barcelona. He’ll share the Team Lazarus car with Formula V8 3.5 convert and ex-formula 3000 boss Giuseppe Cipriani.

Sowery has driven a Huracan in competition in the Super Trofeo Asia series last year, in which he was a race winner.

“I’ve had quite a few years of doing the same British circuits with the occasional Spa thrown in, but it’s nice and refreshing to turn a page and have fresh start in a new championship with GTS,” said Sowery.

“The Trofeo is a bit different. It’s a medium ground between a GT3 and a road car. I’ve tested the car at Spa and the pace looks good.”

Sowery will also help with driver development for singleseater team KDC, and might compete in races in the German and Italian F4 series with the team set-up by businesswoman Emily di Comberti - whose son Aaron was Sowery’s team-mate at Lanan - and ex-sauber teamprincipal Monisha Kaltenborn.