Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button set to be joined by a third Brit on the grid - Will Stevens

Last season was pretty special for British fans of Formula 1. And now current champion Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button look set to be joined by a third Brit on the grid - Will Stevens.

He'll be racing for a new team - Manor - after the team formerly known as Marussia came out of administration.

It's now a race against time for them to get a car ready for the start of the season in Australia next month.

But when they are ready to go Stevens will be leading the charge.

The 23-year-old from Rochford in Essex best season to date was in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series a couple of years ago and has raced in F1 before - but just the once in the Abu Dhabi grand prix for the Caterham team where he came last.

Clearly this is a huge opportunity and we'll know a lot more about him in a few months time.

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