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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.

British racer Lando Norris scored his fourth Toyota Racing Series victory at Taupo, winning closely ahead of Pedro Piquet.

Lando Norris scored his third Toyota Racing Series double pole in four events by topping both qualifying sessions at Taupo.

Australian Zane Goddard will drive for Double R Racing in the MSA Formula series in 2016.

Danish Nicolai Kjaergaard will make his single-seater debut in MSA Formula, joining frontrunner team Fortec Motorsports.

Reigning Japanese Formula 3 champion Nick Cassidy will race full-time for Lexus Team TOM’s in the Super GT Series in 2016, as was announced at Toyota’s 2016 motorsport press conference …

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.

Sophomore driver Norman Nato will switch from Arden to Racing Engineering for the 2016 GP2 season.

Reigning USF2000 champion Nico Jamin will graduate to Pro Mazda within Cape Motorsport’s ranks.

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.

Seven drivers have been named to contest the 2016 SMP F4 championship, expanding the field into a lineup of 12 entries. Ivan Matveev and Nikita Sitnikov will return to the …

Reigning Formula Renault 3.5 champion and leader of Renault’s recently-announced academy Oliver Rowland has been confirmed to join GP2 with MP Motorsport.

Danish driver Mikkel Jensen will continue to race for Mucke Motorsport for his sophomore season in the FIA Formula 3 European championship.

French racer Aurelien Panis has completed Arden Motorsport’s lineup for their 2016 Formula V8 3.5 season, partnering Arden returnee Egor Orudzhev.

Force India has announced that 16-year-old Nikita Mazepin has joined the Formula 1 team as a development driver.

Omani racer Al Faisal Al Zubair has been confirmed as Fortec’s first signing for the 2016 BRDC Formula 4 season.