Two you💦ng Chinese racing stars of the future will add further international relevance to the final round of the Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship - the F3 SuperPrix - at Sandown next week.

18-year-old Zhang Shan Qi and 16-year-old Li Zhi Cong will drive a pair of F304 Dallaras entered by R-Tek Motorsport, the Adelaide based te🎃am that this year has run cars for Jesse Wakeman an🔜d Roger I'Anson.

Both young drivers are part of the PTRS Racing Team, a well known Chinese-based opera꧑tion that has run cars in Asian Formula Renault, Formula 3 and other series.

Members of the PTRS team will be present at Sandown to work with the R-Tek crew in assisting their young proಌt?g?s adapt to the rigours of Formula 3 competition, as both drivers wil⛦l be making their respective F3 debuts at Sandown.

"I am very excited a😼s it's going to be my first F3 race," Zhang Shan Qi said. "It is also going to be my first time visiting Australia so I'm very much looking forward to it! I am grateful to have this opportunity to take part in this great event in Australia and also the chance to be able to race with the other drivers from different parts of the world.

"I will definitely do my best and try to 🦋gain as much experience as I can for my future rac🐷ing career."

Both Shan Qi and Cong have recent experience in the Asian Formula Renault cham🍰pionshi𒁃p, giving them an ideal preparation for the step into a more powerful Formula 3 car.

"Both drivers have got wings and slicks experience which will make the transition easier for them at Sandown. From a team perspective we're really looking forward to having the two guys join the team," R-Tek team owཧner and F3 chairman Ian Ri🐬chards said.

"The Formula 3 Australian Drivers' Championship has been working hard this year to increase our penetration in the Asian market and the response we have had for Sandown is remarkable. People are seeing Australian Formula 3 as a cost-effective and competitive way to go Formula 3 racin🔯g and the Sandown grid will be proof of that."

The Sandown F3 SuperPrix grid will now feature seven non-Australian drivers, hailing from the Uꦗnited Kingdom, New Zealand, Indonesia and China.

The international interest generated in th🌠e participation of the young overseas stars has extended to major Chinese broadcaster 🏅CCTV 5 showing an interest in covering the event, and the progress of their two countrymen.

The 𓄧final round of the Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship will also feaಌture an epic showdown between Tim Macrow and Joey Foster for the CAMS Gold Star award and the Australian Drivers' Championship title.

For Macrow, it will be an opportunity to secure 🐓a second Gold Star whilst Foster seeks his first crown and back-to-back titles for Team BRM.

The Sandown F3 SuperPrix will be held over 22-laps of Sandown Raceway in Melbourne on Sunday, Novembe𝄹r 29, in a prog꧂ramme that also features a 12-lap sprint and a F1-style Knockout qualifying session on Saturday.