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Breen joins Manor in F3 EuroSeries

Dundalk's Niall Breen, who finished fifth in his rookie British Formula 3 season, announced in Dublin that he has signed with top Formula 3 Euroseries team, Manor Motorsport, for the 2008 season.

Breen has been setting new standards for Irish drivers this year, having taken a rookie victory in the British Formula 3 Championship with Carlin Motorsport at Snetterton in June, the first Irish driver to win a race since Michael Keohane in April 2002. He also took four runner-up positions at Donington Park, Bucharest, Thruxton and Croft during the course of the year, finishing in a fine fifth place with 145 points. He also competed in the Macau street circuit in China last month and finished 10th in the qualifier before being taken out in the main race.

Breen, 21, said: "I've had an extremely good rookie season in the British Formula 3 Championship and I'm certain I can be very competitive in the Formula 3 Euroseries with Manor Motorsport next year. With a race win and four second places during the year, I'd like to thank Carlin Motorsport and my engineer, Jimmy Goodwin, for giving me that opportunity."

He continued: "Now I'm really looking forward to racing in Europe - it'll be a new challenge to learn the new circuits which will stand me in good stead for the future. We'll have the new Mercedes-powered Dallara F308 chassis and I'll be testing it on December 14 at Pembrey. My new engineer, Pete Sliwinski, is very experienced and we got on well at the initial test I did in October with the team. I'm confident we'll be winning races in '08."

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