The Award, which started in 1989, aims to find and assist the best junior British racing drivers. The prize for this year’s winner includes £200,000 and a Formula 1 test drive with the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team.
The final 10 are:
Taylor Barnard (FIA F3)
James Hedley (GB3)
Arvid Lindblad (Italian F4)
Joseph Loake (GB3)
William Macintyre (British F4)
Tom Mills (GB4)
Abbie Pulling (F1 Academy)
Matthew Rees (GB3)
Louis Sharp (British F4)
Callum Voisin (GB3)
Finalists have to primarily compete in a category below FIA Formula 3 or be an FIA F3 rookie, and be 16 years old by the time of the Award assessments at Silverstone in October. They must also be under 24 at the start of the year.
F3 race winner Taylor Barnard, GB3 title contenders James Hedley, Joseph Loake, Matthew Rees and Callum Voisin, Italian F4 points leader Arvid Lindblad, British F4 frontrunners William Macintyre and Louis Sharp, GB4 dominator Tom Mills and F1 Academy podium finisher Abbi Pulling are the 10.
BRDC vice-president and F1 driver steward Derek Warwick is the chairman of the judging panel, which includes Award winners Andrew Kirkaldy, Alexander Sims and Darren Turner, three-time Indianapolis 500 victor Dario Franchitti, double British Touring Car champion Jason Plato, successful McLaren designer Mark Williams, top engineer Leena Gade, commentator Ian Titchmarsh and Autosport’s Chief Editor Kevin Turner.
The judges, who reserve the right to introduce a wild card for drivers excelling during the closing stages of the season, will select the final four in the coming weeks. After testing on the Silverstone GP track in MotorSport Vision Formula 2, GT3 and LMP3 machinery, the winner will be announced at the Autosport Awards on 3 December.
The final 10
Source: Autosport