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    17-year-old Louis Sharp has secured a drive at the Race of Champions in Sydney next month

    17-year-old Louis Sharp has secured a drive at the Race of Champions in Sydney next month


    The open wheel driver - who won the GB3 Championship last year - will partner rally ace Hayden Paddon as part of the Team New Zealand entry.

    Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas, Sebastien Loeb and Jamie Whincup are among those confirmed for the event, staged on a purpose-built tarmac track at Stadium Australia.

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     31 Jan: American driver Ugo Ugochukwu has closed in on the overall title with victory in the Saturday race in the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy series at Highlands
     27 Jan: Liam Lawson admits there's plenty to learn after his first drive of the new generation Formula One car
     26 Jan: Hayden Paddon has finished sixth in his class and 11th overall at Monte Carlo, the opening event of the World Rally Championship
     25 Jan: A positive end to a disappointing third day for Hayden Paddon at the season-opening event on the World Rally Championship
     23 Jan: Hayden Paddon is up two places to seventh after day two of the World Rally Championship's season-opening event in Monte Carlo
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