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February 7, 2017

Arden announce 2017 GP3 Series line-up

British team confirm Niko Kari, Steijn Schothorst and Leonardo Pulcini for 2017 GP3 Series
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February 7, 2017

Arden announce 2017 GP3 Series line-up

British team confirm Niko Kari, Steijn Schothorst and Leonardo Pulcini for 2017 GP3 Series

Arden International is pleased to announce the teams completed driver line up in the 2017 GP3 Series championship.

Following his win and further 5 podiums in European Formula 3, Niko Kari graduates to GP3 Series for his 2017 campaign. The Finnish Red Bull Junior driver participated in the post-season test in Abu Dhabi. Kari showed impressive pace over the two day test and topped the morning session on Day 2.

Red Bull Junior’s Press Release:The Red Bull Juniors storm into 2017, taking on challenges across the globe. Finnish 17-year-old Niko Kari is also racing in Europe, for his second season as a Red Bull Junior he steps up from F3 to GP3 and joins Arden International.
Niko Kari – Finland, born in Tuusula on October 6th 1999. Racing in GP3 with Arden International.”

 Joining the flying Finn, is recently crowned EuroFormula Open Champion Leonardo Pulcini. After a dominant season in EuroFormula Open, the young Italian is eager to step up to compete in his GP3 Series debut, and is no stranger to the Arden car. During the post-season test in Abu Dhabi, Pulcini showed incredible pace

Leonardo Pulcini:I'm very delighted to race with Arden in GP3 this year, last year's Abu Dhabi test was very good with them, so I know that I have all the potential to fight for the win!
I will give everything for this opportunity. The season is about to start, can't wait for it!
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 Completing the Arden GP3 trio is Dutchman Steijn Schothorst. For someone of such a young age, Schothorst has an incredible profile after competing in the GP3 Series, the Renault Sport Trophy where he was a race winner and podium finisher, the Toyota Racing Series and Formula Renault 2.0. Schothorst recently stepped into the Arden GP3 car.

Steijn Schothorst: “I'm very happy to be able to join Arden for the 2017 GP3 campaign. They have shown that they are one the strongest teams out there. I believe that together with the experience that I have gained last year, we have a lot of potential for a very strong season, so I can't wait to get the season started
Richard Dent, GP3 Team Manager:We tested all three drivers at the end of 2016 and we were very impressed with how each of them quickly integrated themselves into the team.
It’s great to secure Niko, Leo and Steijn for 2017, it’s a good combination of series rookies and series experience and I have no doubt that each will be a front runner and be challenging for race wins.
Personally, I’m really looking forward to the upcoming season
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Pre-season testing for the GP3 Series team kicks off at Estoril where they will be partaking in a three day test. Following testing will take place at the Circuit de Cataluyna in Barcelona, Spain and at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.

The opening round of the season will take place at the Circuit de Catalunya on the 13-14 May, running alongside the freshly confirmed GP2 Series team and acting as a support race to the fifth round of the Formula One World Championship.

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