West-Tec to return at Silverstone

Sistos will drive at Silverstone and again at Snetterton on August 27-29. He will be ineligible to enter the National Class at the final races at Brands Hatch in September though, due to competing in the European Open F3 rounds there the week before.

Team West-Tec's John Miller said: "JC is a young driver who we believe has a bright future ahead of him. We have watched him with another team in the European F3 Open and he really hasn't been able to get the results he is capable of.

"Unfortunately he won't be eligible for the races at Brands, although it is possible we will run him in an International Class car there as our sponsors want us to run two cars in that International Class next year. For Brands it may depend on whether we can sort a sensible engine deal in time."

Sistos, 18, has experience in both the Euroseries 3000 and European Open F3 championships, as well as back home in the Americas.

"I am very excited by the opportunity to drive with Team West-Tec in British Formula 3," he said. "I have seen in the European F3 Open that they are a very good team and I am looking forward to working with them.

"I won't know the tracks before free practice which is going to make it hard but I am sure we will be able to challenge."

Corby-based Team West-Tec, which has concentrated on the European F3 Open this year, will be returning to British F3 for only the second time this season, having primarily committed its cars to testing programmes with other drivers so far this year.

Leading F3 Euro Series squad Mucke Motorsport will also return to British F3 at Silverstone this weekend, running a single car in the Invitation Class for Spaniard Carlos Munoz. The team ran Munoz in the Spa round in July.

Brazilian SudAm F3 driver Yann Cunha will make his British F3 debut at Silverstone, driving a second Dallara-Mercedes entered by former British F3 giants Manor Motorsport.