Celso Miguez will race in Auto GP. The Spanish driver, runner up in the 2009 European F3Open, signed an agreement with the Italian team RP Motorsport in order to be on the seriesstarting grid and compete for the 1.2 million euros prize money.

Miguez, who is 26, was born in Pontevedra, Galicia and is a very experienced driver, whoalready contested eight seasons on single seaters. After starting in karting, Celso raced inFormula Nissan 2000, clinching three podium finishes in his debut year. Then he switched toF.3 and World Series Light, a championship wherein he took 3 wins, 13 podiums and 4 polepositions, coming second in the 2004 overall classification. After three seasons of up anddowns in World Series by Renault, Miguez went back to F.3, immediately recovering his bestshape, good results and wins. In 2009, he was runner up in the European F3 Open, fightinguntil the last race and ending just 2 points shy of the title, after five race wins and elevenpodiums.

He is used to wheel to wheel racing and he knows how to tame a powerful car, so he’ll surelybe among the ones to watch for the title fight.

Celso Miguez: “I’m confident that Auto GP will be a real step forward for my career. All thedrivers who tested the car said it’s incredibly fast, so I’m looking forward to doing the first lapsin it. As soon as I decided to race in the Series, I thought about RP Motorsport, as Ichallenged them in the 2009 European F3 Open and they were really strong opponents. I’msure that working together we can aim for great results”.

Enzo Coloni: “We have no doubt about that, Miguez is a quality boost for our grid. When wecreated the series, we had in mind young drivers struggling to find huge budgets, andexperienced drivers which finally could have the chance to earn money thanks to theirexperience and talent, like a pro does. Celso fits in this group very well”.