GP3 team ART announced the signing of Marvin Kirchhofer, who completes the squad’s line-up for the 2014 season.
Kirchhofer won the ADAC Formel Masters championship in 2012, with nine wins in 23 races and 16 podium finishes. Last year, he got the ATS Formel 3 cup title, scoring 13 wins in 26 races and finishing on the podium in all the races but one. With only 19 years, the German has proved he is one of the best talents of his generation.
The driver said: “It’s really a pleasure for me to compete in the GP3 series and to be joining ART Grand Prix. I’m looking forward to this new challenge which is the biggest of my career so far. For me, ART Grand Prix is one of the best teams in the field as their records surely testify. It will be exciting to grow with this team as I know they will give me the best support and that’s one of the keys to a good adaptation. It’s too early to set myself a target. My first test in Abu Dhabi went well: the speed was there and I was consistent, but we have to wait for the winter tests to know where we are and what to aim for in my first season in the series”.
ART’s Frederic Vasseur added: “Marvin is a fast and intelligent driver that harmoniously complements the trio of ART Grand Prix GP3 drivers. His record is already very rich and the ambition of ART Grand Prix is to accompany him throughout this first season so that all his talent will shine through as effectively in GP3 as it did in previous formulas where he was champion the last two years”.
ART completes its line-up with Kirchhofer, Alex Fontana and Dino Zamparelli. They will fight for the drivers and teams championship –they won the latter during the four years of existence of the series, as ART and as Lotus-.