Fortec Motorsport’s Kris Wright is gearing up for his first season of European racing, as he takes on the challenge of BRDC British F3 this year.

The 24-year-old enters British F3 with a hugely varied racing background behind him, including sports and saloon cars, American single-seaters and Le Mans-style prototypes, and was second in class at this year’s Rolex 24 at Daytona.

But the American admits his first taste of British F3 machinery in testing last year seriously impressed him.

"I did two separate tests of two days each last October and the end of November," he commented. "I thought the car was very similar to the Pro Mazda car I raced in 2017."

"I found the Fortec guys to be great, I've never raced with a team or done testing where I've only made a single minor change request to the car. The Fortec cars are very much on point, so I'm looking forward to working with them all season."

The Pennsylvania resident has also highlighted the high level of competition as the reason behind his move to British F3.

"The competition is why I'm going racing in BRDC British F3, the competition and knowledge behind everything is so deep over here. When I was testing, I learned that 18 or 21 Formula 1 drivers came through F3. Marcus Ericson's brother will be one of my competitors this year along with Pastor Maldonado's nephew (Wright’s team mate Manuel Maldonado).

"They have really good baseline driver data that was set by some really top drivers. There are a lot of great drivers who are currently racing in the series and have come up through it or the international F3, creating many champions along the way."

As for his future plans in motorsport, Wright is still deciding on his end goal, but is determined to impress in British F3 this season.

"I'm not quite sure what I want my racing future path to be right now, and regardless if I wanted to do IndyCar, IMSA DPI, LMP2 or P3, it's the best thing for me right now. We'll see whatever presents itself down the road. Right now, I want to work hard at F3 and see what happens."