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Martinius Stenshorne was unveiled as a McLaren junior driver earlier on Thursday.
McLaren-backed Formula 3 driver Martinius Stenshorne has been banned by the FIA from the upcoming Silverstone round due to competing in another championship at the same track without prior permission. Stenshorne, along with Alex Dunne, had recently joined the McLaren junior programme at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The FIA deemed Stenshorne’s participation in the GB3 round as an “unfair advantage” and imposed four penalty points on him. Fellow FIA F3 racer Nikola Tsolov has also been banned from the Spa leg of the championship for a similar offence in Belgium. Driver Arvid Lindblad, who tested for the GB3 Silverstone round without authorization, was slapped with a €20,000 fine, half of which is suspended, with a warning for no repeats in the future.
