RC Motorsport becomes the Prost Junior Team.

The Green Flag British F3 Championship, the best training ground for tomorrow's F1 drivers, can now boast another link to the Grand Prix world.

The Prost F1 team has linked with top F3 squad RC Motorsport to form the Prost Junior Team and will field cars in the French F1 team's traditional dark blue livery. The move comes as part of the French F1 team's new ladder of talent which aims to take drivers to Grand prix racing.

Prost will lend marketing support to the team and the initiative will seek to help engineers as well as drivers progress up to F1.

In addition to the new branding of the team, RC has confirmed Danish star Nicolas Kiesa as the lead driver to partner young Scot Ryan Dalziel.

RC Motorsport's spokesman Piers Hunnisett said: "It's a great move for the team and the signing of Nicolas for a second season is a big bonus."

RC Motorsport switched to the British F3 series for the 2000 season, where it was the only team to run a new, developmental Spiess-Opel engine. Kiesa, 22, gave the Italian team its first win in the championship at Donington Park last July.

The Green Flag British F3 Championship kicks off at Silverstone on 1 April.