Pepe Marti joins Red Bull junior team ahead of Formula 3 finale

Spanish driver Josep María ‘Pepe’ Martí has been announced as the latest member of the Red Bull junior team ahead of the FIA Formula 3 season finale at Monza.

Pepe Martí suits up at Monza. (Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool)

Martí won the first race of the 2023 season for Campos Racing and took two further victories on the road to third in the standings ahead of the championship decider.

"It's a childhood dream come true to become part of a Formula 1 team," said Martí.

"Red Bull have been the leading force from the last years and are the reigning champions. It's an organisation that's done so much for the sport for so long, carrying a lot of champions and younger drivers so to be part of that team is an unbelievable thing for me.”

"I'm really excited to get going and to get started with the team on the right foot. I hope it's a relationship that lasts for a long time. I'm really proud. I've had some rough moments and better moments in my career and to have this happen to me, I'm extremely grateful."

Martí will celebrate the move with a new helmet design in Monza as he becomes the second driver on the current F3 grid to join the Red Bull junior ranks, along with Sebastián Montoya.

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