The return of the Red Bull Driver Search resulted in two new additions to their junior team being confirmed.

Those new recruits are Eurocup-3 Championship leader Mattia Colnaghi, and 15-year-old Chiara Bättig from Switzerland. Rather than joining F1 Academy, Bättig is set for a Formula 4 drive next year with Red Bull backing.

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The latest Red Bull Driver Search was a three-day assessment which took place in Portugal at the Estoril circuit. It was both an on and off track examination of promising young talent.

Bättig and Colnaghi both sufficiently impressed to earn themselves a spot in the prestigious Red Bull junior team, which over the years has produced multi-time World Champions Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen. Grand Prix winner

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