Two young C𒀰hinese racing stars of the future will add further international relevance to the final round of the Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championsh💫ip - the F3 SuperPrix - at Sandown next week.

18-year-old Zhang Shan Qi and 16-year-old Li Zhi Cong will drive a pair of F304 Dallaras entered by R-Tek Motorsport, the 🐬Adelaide based team that this year has run cars for Jesse Wakeman and Roger I'Anson.

Both young drivers are part of the PTRS Racing Team, a well known Chinese-based operation that has run c⭕ars in Asian Formula Renault, Formula 3 and other 🎃series.

Members of the PTRS team will be present at Sandown to work with the R-Tek crew in assisting their young prot?g?s adapt to the rigours of Formula 3 competition, as both drivers will be making their respective F3 debuts💝 at Sandown.

"I am very excited as it's going to be my first F3 race," Zhang Shan Qi said. "It is also going to be my first time visiting Australia so I'm very much looking forward to it! I am grateful to have this opportunity to take part in ⛄🦄this great event in Australia and also the chance to be able to race with the other drivers from different parts of the world.

"I will definitely do my best and try to gain as much experience as🐻 I can for my future racing caree𓃲r."

Both Shan Qi and Cong have recent e🦩xperience in the Asian Formula Renault championship, giving 💯them an ideal preparation for the step into a more powerful Formula 3 car.

"Both drivers have got wings and slicks experience which will make the transition easier for thꦯem at Sandown. From a team perspective we're really looking forward to having the two guys join the team," R-T🌄ek team owner and F3 chairman Ian Richards said.

"The Formula 3 Australian Drivers' Championship has been working hard this year to increase our penetration in the Asian market and the response we have had for Sandown is remarkable. People are seeing Australian Formula 3 as a cost-effecti💫ve and competitive way to go Formula 3 racing and the Sandown grid will be proof o𓃲f that."

The Sandown F3 Su💖perPrix grid will now feature seven non-Australian drivers, hailing from the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Indonesꦇia and China.

The internation🧔al interest generated in the participation of the young overseas stars has extended to major Chinese broadca🌼ster CCTV 5 showing an interest in covering the event, and the progress of their two countrymen.

The final round of the Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship will also feature an epic showdown between Tim Macrow and Joey Foster for the CAMS Gold Star award and the Australian Drivers' Cha꧂mpionship title.

For Macrow, it will be an opportunity to secure a second Gold Star whilst Foster seeks his first crown and backꦚ-to-back titཧles for Team BRM.

The Sandown F3 SuperPrix will be held over 22-laps of Sandown Raceway in Melbourne on Sunday, November 29, in a programme that also features a 12-lap sprint aಞnd a F1-style Knockout qualifying session on Saturday.