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The eligible racing categories for the 2019 Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year Award have been decided.

Aston Martin joined the long-running Award, aimed at finding and helping young British drivers, earlier this year. The prize fund is £200,000 and the eligible categories were confirmed in a meeting last week.

In keeping with the history of the Award, which began in 1989 when David Coulthard was the winner, British drivers in junior single-seaters whose main 2019 campaign is below FIA Formula 3 will be considered for a spot in the final-four shootout in October.

That includes all FIA F4 categories, regional F3, BRDC F3, Euroformula Open, Japanese F3 and sub-Indy Lights series in the United States, such as Indy Pro 2000 (formerly known as Star Mazda). The new W Series also features on the list, as do the Formula Renault Eurocup and Indian-based MRF Challenge. The exact age range has yet to be confirmed.

Autosport will provide regular updates on the leading eligible drivers over the course of the season and further Award announcements will be made soon.

Eligible series and drivers

BRDC British F3

Johnathan Hoggard, Kiern Jewiss, Josh Mason, Ayrton Simmons

British F4

Luke Browning, Alex Connor, Louis Foster, Tommy Foster, Josh Skelton, Joe Turney

Euroformula Open

Billy Monger

F3 Asian

Jamie Chadwick, Ayrton Simmons

Formula Regional Europe

Olli Caldwell

Formula Renault Eurocup

Frank Bird

Italian F4

Jonny Edgar

Japanese F3

Enaam Ahmed

MRF Challenge

Jamie Chadwick, Josh Mason

Spanish F4

Jonny Edgar

USF2000

Matt Round-Garrido

US F4

Oliver Clarke, Jonny Wilkinson, Teddy Wilson

W Series

Jamie Chadwick, Esmee Hawkey