British Formula 4 squad Argenti Motorsport has entered into a partnership with junior single-seater powerhouse Prema Racing and will expand into GB3 next year.
The Argenti team's roots lie in karting but it moved into car racing for 2020 in British F4.
It has been a mainstay of the series since then, alongside continuing to operate in karting, and guided Matias Zagazeta to second in the F4 standings in 2021.
Now it has formed a "full technical partnership" with Prema, which has enjoyed success across a swathe of European and international categories, and this involves Prema engineers working with the team and the sharing of data.
The new arrangement has enabled Argenti to join GB3 for 2025, when a new car - featuring DRS and improved aerodynamics - is introduced.
"We’ve worked with each other for a while and had some overlap – for example, we had a karting team in Europe which Prema took over and various drivers have been across both, so there’s been a bit of a relationship there," Argenti boss, two-time Porsche Carrera Cup GB champion Michael Meadows, told Autosport.
"Our interests were aligned and it’s beneficial to everyone. It’s great for us and great for the championship to have teams like Prema wanting to be involved."
Prema chief Rene Rosin added: "We’re looking forward to embarking on our technical partnership with Argenti Motorsport and competing in the GB3 Championship.
"The launch of a new car is always exciting, and it falls in line nicely with our current programmes.
"Through our technical partnership, I am sure we can enjoy considerable success in the GB3 Championship."
Meadows revealed that discussions about the GB3 plans had been ongoing since April and that the team had been considering joining the series for a while.
"We wanted to do it for a few years but it never made sense until there was the introduction of a new car and the investment was worth it," he said.
"The car looks really good and I think there’s going to be a lot of interest in the championship so we wanted to make sure we were a part of it."
Argenti has become the second British F4 squad to announce an expansion into GB3 for next year in the past week, with the Xcel Motorsport operation - which originated in the UAE - also doing likewise.
