Offic🌜ials from the planned Formula European Masters series have co💧nfirmed the 2019 season has been cancelled due to low entry numbers.

Following the formation of the new FIA For🌳mula 3 championship to replace GP3 on th🎃e Formula 1 support package this year, the FIA European Formula 3 Championship had been set to rebrand and continue racing this year as Formula European Masters.

Formula EM had intended to continue using the same r💧egulations to European F3 and retain its place on the DTM undercard, but with only six drivers signed up to race in the s✱eries due to start at the beginning of May, it was announced on Friday that the 2019 season had been cancelled.

"Due to the difficult competitive environment represented by Euro💜pea༒n motor sports, the number of drivers who registered for the Formula European Masters was too small and the series organisers had to opt for making this bitter decision," a statement from the series read.

"This is a really sad day for the European young-drꦇiver sport,” said Walter Mer♏tes, Managing Director of series promoter Formel 3 Vermarktungs GmbH.

“In the difficult European comp༒etition ennvironment, there just aren’t enough drivers for the numerous different series. It takes enormous financial expenditure to compensate for this situation and we could not and did🍷 not want to expect this from our teams."