Up and coming Indian motor racer Armaan Ebrahim will compete in next year’s F2 Series which is being promoted by the FIA, the world body of motorsports, and billed as the feeder series to Formula One.

F2 Series organiser and former F1 driver Jonathan Palmer of Motorsport Vision Ltd confirmed the signing of Armaan for the championship, which starts in April next year.

Armaan joined drivers such as Julian Jousse from France who finished second overall in the World Series Renault and Robert Wickens, a junior Red Bull driver who won a couple of A1GP races in 2007-08, who have been the first few contracted drivers with F2.

The F2 series, which was conceptualised by FIA for those drivers who cannot afford huge budgets required for GP2 and World Series Renault, will consist of eight rounds with 16 races across Europe. It starts in April with the official test days and the races start in May 2009 and finishes in November.