Pasma seals British F4 return with Arden, grid up to 14 cars
British Formula 4 racer Patrik Pasma will switch to the Arden team for this season.
The 18-year-old competed with the Carlin squad during his rookie season in the series last year but the team has taken a sabbatical in 2018.
The Finn finished eighth in the points last year – taking four podiums – but his season suffered a setback when it was his car that Billy Monger crashed into at Donington Park and led to Monger having both of his legs amputated. Pasma was uninjured, but, after taking five top six finishes in the five races before the crash, he only managed to achieve another six in the rest of the year.
“The early races I was really fast and after the crash with Billy I was struggling a little bit,” admitted Pasma. “Then at the end of the year we got quicker.”
Pasma now completes Arden’s four-car F4 line-up, partnering Seb Priaulx and karting graduates Jack Doohan and Dennis Hauger.
“I’m learning something new every day [in testing] and I’m learning with the team,” Pasma added.