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Britain's Jake Dennis has withdrawn from next week's Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix.

The 19-year-old, who finished ninth in his rookie season in the Formula 3 European Championship, has been replaced in Carlin's five-car line-up by Japan's Yu Kanamaru.

Dennis's decision not to compete in Macau comes amid growing speculation that he could move from Carlin to another team for 2015.

Derek Walters of the Racing Steps Foundation, which has backed Dennis throughout his car-racing career, said: "There was a generous offer for Jake to go to Macau - he wasn't being sponsored for it by the RSF. It wasn't necessarily in our programme.

"Subsequently we've had discussions with other teams and engine suppliers and so forth, and that's why we are where we are."

Dennis's first F3 test came last winter with Mercedes-powered Prema Powerteam, before the deal was done to drive a Carlin Dallara-Volkswagen for 2014.

Kanamaru, aged 20, finished fourth in this season's Euroformula Open series, for F3 Dallara chassis powered by spec Toyota engines.

He is the second Euroformula driver to join the grid for Macau, after Alex Palou joined Fortec Motorsport for the event.

