Peter Allen

Manuel Maldonado, cousin of Formula 1 race-winner Pastor, will begin racing single-seaters this year in Italian Formula 4 with Cram Motorsport.

The Japanese Formula 4 champion Sho Tsuboi will step up to join Kenta Yamashita in the Toyota-backed TOM’S team in the national F3 series in 2016.

The Drivex team has announced it will enter the new Spanish Formula 4 series and has named Arturo Melgar as its first driver.

HTP Junior Team, the operation that ran Marvin Dienst to the inaugural ADAC Formula 4 title, has become US Racing after Ralf Schumacher joined the outfit.

Toyota Racing Series regular James Munro will enter the Road to Indy this year with a seat in USF2000 with Team Pelfrey.

The ART Junior Team has named Julien Falchero as its third Formula Renault driver for the coming season.

GP3 champion Esteban Ocon has been made reserve driver for the revived Renault Formula 1 team, while four drivers are part of a new academy setup.

Pietro Fittipaldi wrapped up the MRF Challenge title with victory in the third race of the weekend at Chennai, before Alessio Picariello dominated the series finale. Fittipaldi led the first …

Chris Dittmann Racing has completed a cosmopolitan driver line-up for the 2016 BRDC Formula 4 season with the signing of India’s Krishnaraaj Mahadik.

Nikita Zlobin will step down to EuroFormula Open this year with Teo Martin Motorsport after his appearances in Auto GP and Formula Renault 3.5 in 2015.

Pietro Fittipaldi led Harrison Newey and MRF Challenge debutant Mick Schumacher in the opening race of the series’ Chennai finale before Nikita Troiskiy won race two.

Top single-seater outfit Carlin has entered the Euroformula Open series for the 2016 season. The British squad will add a programme in the category to complement its European Formula 3 …

Sennan Fielding will return for another season in MSA Formula with the JHR Developments team in 2016.

Pietro Fittipaldi has secured the second seat at champion team Fortec Motorsports in Formula V8 3.5, moving up from Formula 3 with the outfit.

Japanese driver Yu Kanamaru will race for the new Teo Martin Motorsport Formula V8 3.5 team this season.

Double Formula Renault champion Jack Aitken will compete in GP3 this season for the Arden team.

Red Bull Junior Pierre Gasly has secured a GP2 seat with series newcomer Prema for his second full year in the category in 2016.

Chinese driver Kang Ling will continue to race in Euroformula Open with DAV Racing this year after stepping down from the FIA Formula 3 European Championship late last season.

BRDC Formula 4 outfit Chris Dittmann Racing has signed Kenyan Jeremy Wahome as its second driver for the 2016 season.

Campos Racing will continue with Alex Palou and Konstantin Tereshchenko in GP3 this year and also welcome single-seater returnee Steijn Schothorst to its line-up. Spanish squad Campos was a new …