Arjun Maini completes the Van Amersfoort Racing line-up for 🅰the upcoming FIA Formula 3 Europea👍n Championship season.

The young Indian driver finished runner-up in last year's British Formula 4 championship and will re🌺commence his bat♈tle with eventual 2014 champion George Russell, who is also graduating into Euro F3 with Carlin.

"I'm pr🎶oud of making my FIA Formula 3 European Championship debut for such an experienced team as Van Amersfoort Racing," the 17-year-old sa☂id. "I hope I will be able to learn a lot from them."

Maini finished runner-up in the Indian JK Tyre Raci🌺ng series in 2013 before stepping into British Formula 4 last season. Earlier this year the Indian driver competed in the New Zealand Toyota Racing Series, notching up two victories to finish fourth in the championship.

In 2011 the youngster won the 'One from a Billion hunt', a competitiꦰon run by the Force India Formula 1 Team to find India's next motorsport star.

"We are happy to have another young, greedy talent racing for our team," said team principal Frits van Amersfoort. "In the off-season tests he thrilled us with his natural speed a♕nd in the Toyota Racing Series, he once aga💯in confirmed this impression by securing five podiums."

Maini joins Charles Leclerc and Alessio Lorandi at Van Amersfoort Racing for the upcoming EURO F3 seaso🍎n.