Banbury racer Will Bratt aims to impress on his first appearance at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, the home of the French Formula One Grand Prix since 1991.

The circuit hosts the sixth race meeting of the 2008 FIAT Spanish Formula 3 Championship this coming weekend, and Bratt, sees no reason why he can’t challenge for his second career Formula 3 podium next weekend at the famous 2.74-mile venue.

Bratt is contesting his maiden season of F3 action with Spanish team EmiliodeVillota.com Motorsport, and has shown outstanding pace at the first five event.

Ahead of rounds 10 and 11 of the campaign, the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) Rising Star is looking forward to getting back behind the wheel of his Dallara F308 chassis and plans to quickly learn the Magny-Cours track ahead of a successful weekend’s racing.

Tenth overall in the FIAT Spanish F3 Championship driver standings, Bratt achieved his first pole position start at Spa-Francorchamps back at the end of May before going on to record his debut category podium finish in the first of the weekend’s races. Of the nine races contested so far, Bratt has scored championship points in five of them.

“Racing at Magny-Cours should be fantastic and although I’ve never been there before I’m confident we should be able to learn the track pretty quickly,’ said Bratt.

“It hasn’t been a problem getting up to speed at the other circuits we’ve visited this year.”