Formula promise Tuukka Taponen has signed a contract with the ART Grand Prix team for next season.
10:50•Updated 11:06
Formula promise Tuukka Taponen has signed a contract with the F3 series for next season. Taponen’s new stable ART Grand Prix announced the matter on Tuesday.
This season, 17-year-old Taponen has driven in the Formula Regional series. Last summer, he also debuted in the F3 series, where he drove one race weekend.
Taponen says in the team’s announcement that he is really excited about the new contract.
– They showed interest in me already in the summer, giving me the opportunity to participate in the FIA F3 race in Spa, Belgium, last season. The team immediately impressed me both on and off the track, and it felt like I had come home, the Finnish driver says in the press release.
The French team in question already has a background with the Finns, because in 2011 the current F1 driver Valtteri Bottas won the F3 series championship in its ranks.