Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award eligible series list revealed

Aston Martin joined the long-running Award, aimed at finding and helping young British drivers, earlier this year. The prize fund is £200,000 and the eligible categories were confirmed in a meeting last week.

In keeping with the history of the Award, which began in 1989 when David Coulthard was the winner, British drivers in junior single-seaters whose main 2019 campaign is below FIA Formula 3 will be considered for a spot in the final-four shootout in October.

That includes all FIA F4 categories, regional F3, BRDC F3, Euroformula Open, Japanese F3 and sub-Indy Lights series in the United States, such as Indy Pro 2000 (formerly known as Star Mazda). The new W Series also features on the list, as do the Formula Renault Eurocup and Indian-based MRF Challenge. The exact age range has yet to be confirmed.

Autosport will provide regular updates on the leading eligible drivers over the course of the season and further Award announcements will be made soon.

Eligible series and drivers

BRDC British F3
Johnathan Hoggard, Kiern Jewiss, Josh Mason, Ayrton Simmons

British F4
Luke Browning, Alex Connor, Louis Foster, Tommy Foster, Josh Skelton, Joe Turney

Euroformula Open
Billy Monger

F3 Asian
Jamie Chadwick, Ayrton Simmons

Formula Regional Europe
Olli Caldwell

Formula Renault Eurocup
Frank Bird

Italian F4
Jonny Edgar

Japanese F3
Enaam Ahmed

MRF Challenge
Jamie Chadwick, Josh Mason

Spanish F4
Jonny Edgar

USF2000
Matt Round-Garrido

US F4
Oliver Clarke, Jonny Wilkinson, Teddy Wilson

W Series
Jamie Chadwick, Esmee Hawkey