Enrolment begins for 2016 ADAC Formula 4 season

• Preferential terms for teams signing up early
• 42 cars permitted on grid for second ADAC Formula 4 campaign
• Seven race weekends as support series to ADAC GT Masters: link-up with DTM and ADAC GT Masters at the Lausitzring as highlight of the calendar

Munich. Following the successful debut of ADAC Formula 4 in 2015, preparations are well underway for the forthcoming season. Entries are open for the second year of the ADAC High Speed Academy with immediate effect. Once again, the grid will accommodate a maximum of 42 cars.

Teams which sign early for the 2016 ADAC Formula 4 will benefit from attractive conditions. Contestants from the 2015 season who sign up before 20th November will be allowed to enter up to five vehicles on preferential terms. These conditions will then be extended to other applicants during the period 21st November to 4th December. Entries for the new season close on 29th February 2016.

The talented youngsters of next year’s ADAC High-Speed Academy will be competing seven times in the framework of the ADAC GT Masters, including what must surely count as the highlight of the year when they share the same venue as both the ADAC GT Masters and the DTM at Lausitzring. An eighth event on a German circuit is planned.

The ADAC Formula 4 will again rely on the services of tried and trusted partners for the 2016 season using Formula 4 racing cars with chassis from Italian manufacturer Tatuus and Abarth turbocharged engines. Italian premium tyre manufacturer Pirelli, who are well-known from Formula 1 and ADAC GT Masters, and Motec will supply the ADAC Formula 4. Eibach spring and suspension manufacturers and DEKRA, one of the world’s leading expert organisations, are also partners to the series. Auto Zeitung will continue as official media partners. TV partner SPORT1 has secured the live TV rights to the ADAC Formula 4 up to and including 2017 well ahead of the deadline and will broadcast the races live on free-to-air TV as well as online and on mobile devices.

The ADAC formula racing youth development programme has long been the springboard for future motor racing stars. In the past, Formula 1 drivers such as four-time world champion and ADAC Formula 4 patron Sebastian Vettel, world championship runner-up Nico Rosberg, Nico Hülkenberg and Ralf Schumacher, plus DTM stars such as Pascal Wehrlein, Martin Tomczyk and Timo Glock all started their successful careers in various ADAC formula racing series for juniors.