Star Mazda Championship and Andersen Racing Team have struck gold at the start of the year by inking racer Yannick Hofman, who will be campaigning in the 2008 Star Mazda Championship under the banner of the Andersen Racing Team. The racer agreed to this deal after spending two seasons with Formula BMW USA.

John Andersen has expressed his excitement over the acquisition they’ve made. “Yannick has shown definite racing skills and capacity of learning the race tracks when he joined us last year,” declares Andersen. “We’re happy to have him with us this year. He is a disciplined and intelligent driver that knows when to be aggressive. He’s going to be a front runner.”

Hofman earned the fifth place in his first race at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières (or the GP3R) after entering two rounds last year with the team.

“The two rounds I did with Andersen Racing last year in the Star Mazda series were convincing enough to race a whole season with them. In this championship, Andersen Racing is a strong team that always delivers fast machines to its drivers,” said the 19-year old racer. “We will have to deal with new features this year: radial tires and standing starts, two characteristics that were part of the series where I was for the last two seasons.”

Yannick has also mentioned his eagerness to work with engineer Peter Mercier, who spent ten years in the Star Mazda series and was once a driver. Hofman also expressed enthusiasm over the fact that he gets to work with Marc-Antoine Camirand who will be his driving coach. The two have worked together the previous year at the GP3R.

Sources: insidetracknews, racing.auto123

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