ChippingNorton’s Sean Walkinshaw will be striving for his first EuroFormula Open podium finish when the series resumes after a seven-week break at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium this weekend.

The 20-year-old Campos Racing driver is tenth in the championship with six points-scoring finishes on the board so far.

Brussels-born Walkinshaw said: “My pace was good last year at Spa in the Copa class, and I’m confident we’ll be strong again in the main championship this time.”

Meanwhile, Walkinshaw was lifted by 17-year-old Jordan Albert producing a brace of top-five results for his SWR Caterham F1 Driver Development Programme team in the BRDC Formula 4 Championship at Brands Hatch last weekend Do you want alerts delivered straight to your phone via our WhatsApp service? Text NEWS or SPORT or NEWS AND SPORT, depending on which services you want, and your full name to 07767 417704. Save our number into your phone’s contacts as Oxford Mail WhatsApp and ensure you have WhatsApp installed.

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