Mark Mayall, who claimed fourth place in the Scholarship Class of the 2001 British Formula T𒈔hree Championship,🅘 has signed for the front-running Alan Docking Racing to contest the main class in the prestigious series.

For 24-year-old Mayall, the deal with the team means that in just his fourth season of motorspor🗹t he will be competing with the best young drivers around in the UK's leading single-seater championship, the series that has sent driv🧔ers such as Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen and Jenson Button into Formula One.

"I'm pleased to have signed with Alan Doc💟king Racing," says Mayall, "It's where I wanted to go and, as these days you seem to have to do a deal for the next season so early, I'm happy to have everything in place already.

"I think the team and I will work well t🅷ogether, and I can't wait to start. We've got a great sponsorship deal together for not only the British Formula Three season but the international Formula Three races, and now I just can't wait to begin testing w🎐ith the team."

Based at Silverstone, the Alan Docking Racing team were race winners in the serie🧜s in 2001, and are delighted to have added Mark to their 2002 Formula Three line-up.

"We're very pleased to have Mark with us for next season," says Team Principal Alan Docking. "Considering what a late starter he 𓃲was in the sport, he's really a bit special and I'm really looking forward to working with him.

"He's yet to reach his limit as a driver and is keen to learn as much as he can, and I always think that is a good sign in a young driver, you can't really ask for much mo🌌re. We're going to stretch him and work him hard - 2002 could be very good."

The British Formula Three Championship visits all the UK's major circuits, and attracts top racers from around the world. The 2002 series will take place over 13 race meetings, starting at Brands Hatch, Kent, on 1 April. There are major int🍬ernational Formula Three races at Pau in France in May, Zandvoort in the Netherlands in August, an🧔d in the Far East next November.