Ferrari Academy driver Marcus Armstrong will compete for the Prema Powerteam in the new FIA F🐭ormula 3 series in 2019.

Armstrong is the first driver to be named in Prema’s 2019 line-up after he finished fifth in the 2018 Formula 3 European Championship, scoring one race win for the Italian squad that took Mick Schumacher toಌ the title.

He is the second driver after Honda-backed Japanese F4 chꦬampion Yuki Tsunoda, who will drive for Jenzer, to be confirmed as switching across to the new championship which replaces GP3 on the For⛄mula 1 support bill.

In total 10 teams and 30 drivers will contest the 2019 FIA F3 series, which features a brand new Halo-sho🏅d car.

18🔜-year-old Armstrong won the 20ꦜ17 Italian F4 title with Prema before helping the team claim the teams’ championship in European F3 this year.

"I’m super excited to be back with Prema,” Armstrong said. “we’ve shar꧃ed a lot of success in recent years, winning the 2017 Italian Formula 4 Championship and fighting for the German series title.

“We had a great 2018 too but I feel there is unf♓inished business and I’m very excited to get going.

“Competition will be incredibly tight and ever🅺ybody is looking for🧔ward to the new adventure.

“The new FIA F3 is new for everyone, including us, but 🍎I feel confident that we can hit the ground running inꦛ 2019.

“The car is obviously quite different to th🐭e Formula 3 we raced this year, not only🐭 the car itself but the engine and tyres.”

Prema team princip✃al Rene Rosin added: “It is great to line-up with Marcus for another season.

“He has huge talent and has been a championship contender in every s🐟ingle series he took part in so far.

“We know we can aim a💧t some outstanding results t♒ogether and we want to carry our winning legacy into the new era of Formula 3.

“I want to thank Marcus and the Ferrari Driver Aཧcademy for their renewed trust.

“Our partnership achieved amazing results, but we won’t back down and we are ไhungry for more.”