Williams has signed former Alpine junior driver Victor Martins to its academy.
Martins, who’s at the moment in his third season of Formulation 2, will participate in a check for the staff this weekend. Williams will run a 2023-specification FW45 at Monza underneath Formulation 1’s Testing of Earlier Vehicles guidelines.
Williams sporting director Sven Smeets stated Martins “has repeatedly demonstrated that he’s a proficient driver who’s able to successful championships.”
The 23-year-old gained the Formulation Renault Eurocup with ART in 2020, then clinched the FIA Formulation 3 title with the staff in 2022. After ending his first season of Formulation 2 in fifth place he fell to fifth within the standings final 12 months, taking a single win within the partial-reversed-grid dash race on the Circuit de Catalunya.
Martins took pole place for the primary Formulation 2 characteristic race of the brand new season in Australia. Nonetheless the race was deserted as a consequence of rain on the morning of the Australian Grand Prix.
He’ll be a part of fellow F2 driver and Williams Racing Driver Academy member Luke Browning within the Monza check this weekend.
Martins’ transfer comes two months after Franco Colapinto switched from Williams to affix Alpine as certainly one of its 4 reserve drivers.
“Williams is an iconic staff with an unbelievable historical past, and I’m assured that is one of the best place to be to assist me obtain my targets,” stated Martins. “This 12 months, I’ll put all my focus into successful the Formulation 2 drivers’ championship with ART Grand Prix and maximising this chance with the Driver Academy each on and off the observe.”
He’s the ninth member of Williams’ Driver Academy. Together with Martins and Browning, the others are Lia Block, Alessandro Giusti, Oleksandr Bondarev, Sara Matsui, Dean Hoogendoorn, Will Inexperienced and Lucas Palacio.
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