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Although were told by his father that he would racing in the GP2 series this year (see our March 2011 issue), American F1 hopeful Alexander Rossi has announced that he will be competing in the Formula Renault 3. 5 Series in 2011 with the Fortec Motorsports team. Rossi, a Californian who resides in Marina de Pietrasanta, Italy, is currently in Austria as a finalist for the FIA Young Driver Excellence Academy Shootout. After which hell spend the next four weeks training, working with sponsors and preparing with his team for the first World Series test at Motorland Aragon, Spain on the 8th and 9th March. Following a further three tests in March, Alexander and Fortec Motorsports will kick off the 17-round Formula Renault 3. 5 Series championship fight on April 16th-17th at Motorland Aragon, Spain.

Now entering its seventh season, the Formula Renault 3. 5 Series will feature 13 teams and 26 drivers, all of whom will be attempting to follow in the footsteps of Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica, Jaime Alguersuari and Pastor Maldonado to a race seat in Formula 1.

Richard Dutton, Team Principal Fortec Motorsports: I am delighted to have Alexander racing with us. I have watched him coming through the ranks since Formula BMW and I was impressed by his speed both back then and also now. His debut in 2010 WSR at Monaco and his pace in the winter testing with ISR showed us that he was one to have this year. Now we all look forward to our 2011 championship assault together.

Alexander Rossi:Coming off the back of a number of very strong winter tests in 2010, I was confident that we would be able to find a good solution for the 2011 season. When Fortec approached us to join them for this years assault on WSR we were thrilled. They have a long-standing history of success in motor racing. My goals for this year remain the same as in previous seasons and Ive never been more prepared for Championship winning campaign. I have full confidence in Fortec and their past results are motivation enough to deliver results for them.