Double R Racing has confirmed American racer Dev Gore as the team's first signing for the 2018 BRDC British F3 Championship.



The 20-year-old, originally from Oklahoma City but now residing in Atlanta, Georgia, graduated from karts to single-seater cars this year in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda and is now making the step up into Formula 3 with Woking’s Double R.



Testing at Silverstone earlier this week with the 2006 and 2016 British F3 championship winning team, Gore has now become the first confirmed driver for Double R’s three-car assault on the series next year, and the American – who is managed by the Williams Harfield Sports Group – is relishing the opportunity.



“I really am so happy to have joined Double R for my first season of racing outside the US,” he commented. “Racing in Europe next year will really help me get a lot of seat time, testing and opportunities for development and that’s the reason we’ve decided to race in British F3.



“It’s a fantastic car, lots of power and aero, and the plan is to develop myself as a driver and learn from the huge experience and success Boyo [Double R Team principal Anthony Hieatt] and the team has in Formula 3. I’d like to say a big thank you to my management, the Williams Harfield Sports Group, for helping to put this deal with Double R together so early. Bring on 2018!”



Starting out in karting in 2015, Gore competed in the Florida Winter Tour and the Rotax Grand Nationals in the DD2 category and the following season won the Rotax DD2 National title as well as the Rotax DD2 US Open Championship.



After becoming part of the MAXspeed Driver Advancement Program, which earned Gore a two-day Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda test, he graduated into single-seater car racing this year in USF2000 where he ended the season 13th overall in the championship and was also the 10th highest placed rookie in the standings.



Commenting on Double R’s first driver signing for 2018, team boss Anthony Hieatt said: “We are super excited to welcome Dev to the team and we’re looking forward to getting the full pre-season testing programme underway. We want to be seeing Dev on the BRDC British F3 podium in 2018, and we’re confident he has the potential to do just that.”