Photo: FR1.6 NEC
German karting graduate Cedric Piro will compete in Formula Renault 1.6 NEC in his debut year of car racing in 2014.
The youngster will race for the family-run Pirosports squad, which is a new entry into the eries for this year and has previously competed in the Mini Challenge.
Piro plans to make FR1.6 into a two-year programme, with 2014 acting as a learning year ahead of a 2015 title campaign.
Piro enjoyed an impressively successful national-level karting career, securing numerous wins and podiums in various classes of ADAC Kart Masters and?Deutsche Kart Meisterschaft.
Last season, he dominated the ADAC Kart Masters KF3 series, which was previously won by, among others, German F3 champion Marvin Kirchhofer and ADAC Formel Masters runner-up Maximilian Gunther.
Cedric is the sixth addition to the 2014 FR1.6 NEC grid, joining?Ferdinand Habsburg, Anton De Pasquale, Paul Sieljes, Lukas Wenig and Otto Tjader.