Zak O’Sullivan’s Formula 3 adventure will continue with PREMA next season, having made his debut with Carlin in 2022.
The Williams-backed driver finished 11th in the standings this year, claiming two podiums at Silverstone and Zandvoort, having taken a pole position at the former.
Having moved Ollie Bearman up to Formula 2, PREMA have now captured the services of O’Sullivan, who recently tested an Aston Martin Formula 1 car at Silverstone.
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The 19-year-old is “excited” to take on the new challenge, with the team that has won three of the last four teams’ championships in the series.
“I am really excited to be joining PREMA for the 2023 FIA Formula 3 season,” he said in a press release.
“It will be a new environment for me, but PREMA’s history says all we need to know so I’m confident we can have a good year together.
“The first impressions from testing were good, and the pace was pretty strong. I was still learning the car as there are a few differences, and I focused on getting to know all the team and the engineers, as well as learning some Italian as well!”
Sven Smeets, sporting director at Williams, is looking forward to seeing his driver jump into his new surroundings.
“We’re looking forward to seeing Zak compete in his second season of Formula 3 with PREMA and working alongside them to develop and highlight Zak’s talents on and off the track,” added the Belgian.
“Zak is an integral part of our Driver Academy since joining at the beginning of 2022 and has shown his capabilities throughout his rookie season in F3. Following a productive test with PREMA, I’m sure he’ll adapt to his new surroundings quickly and hit the ground running in 2023.”
| Team | No. | Drivers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Prema Racing | 1 2 3 |   | Dino Beganovic Gabriele Mini Arvid Lindblad |
| Trident | 4 5 6 |   | Leonardo Fornaroli Sami Meguetounif Santiago Ramos |
 | MP Motorsport | 7 8 9 |    | Tim Tramnitz Kacper Sztuka Alexander Dunne |
 | Campos Racing | 10 11 12 |  | Oliver Goethe Sebastian Montoya Mari Boya |
| Hitech Grand Prix | 14 15 16 |  | Luke Browning Martinius Stenshorne Cian Shields |
 | Jenzer Motorsport | 17 18 19 |    | Charlie Wurz Maxwell Esterson Matias Zagazeta |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 20 21 22 |  | Noel Leon Sophia Floersch Tommy Smith |
| ART Grand Prix | 23 24 25 |   | Christian Mansell Laurens Van Hoepen Nikola Tsolov |
| PHM AIX Racing | 26 27 28 |  | Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak Nikita Bedrin Joshua Dufek |
 | Rodin Motorsport | 29 30 31 | | Callum Voisin Piotr Wiśnicki Joseph Loake |
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