Indonesian karter, Rama Danindro, will race at this home AF3 event in a Dallara 301 run by Kinetic F3. Pepon Marave vacates his car for Danindro and will race in a Dallara 398. Danindro will be out to beat fellow Indonesians, Moreno, Bagoes and Satrio.

The twice runner up the Asian Formula Three Series and the 2004 AF3 Driver of the Year will be Team Ireland’s reserve driver alongside Michael Devaney and will take part in the newly created Rookie Session on the Friday of every A1GP weekend. O’Hara was chosen after testing for the team at Snetterton, an opportunity he was given as a result of his AF3 results.

Twenty year old Finnish driver, Henri Karjalainen, has signed with Team Goddard for the six Sentul races on Sept 19-23. Karjalainen is currently racing in Asian Formula Renault having graduated from Formula BMW in Germany. He will join Dado Pena and Michele Bumgarner in the team.

Aran Racing's Moreno Soepranto has been given his first taste of 550 horse power yesterday as he successfully tested the Indonesian A1GP Car normally driven by his brother Ananda. They became the first brothers to drive an A1GP car at Sliverstone. Noel Thompson, Team Principle of Aran Racing, was very proud as Aran Racing now have two of the drivers involved in A1GP John O’Hara and Moreno demonstrating the strength of the AF3 series as four drivers have now driven A1GP cars since 2005.

Bumgarner was the first female to win a Promotions Class race on her series debut at the first even of the year at the Batangas Race Circuit and she returns to Team Goddard for the Sentul event on September 19-23rd.