Trident have completed their 2019 line-up after they announced that 19-year-old Canadian driver Devlin DeFrancesco will race at the wheel of their third car in the 2019 season.He joins Finn Niko Kari and Brazilian Pedro Piquet.

Trident had the chance to evaluate DeFrancesco's skills at the end of last season when he drove one of the their cars in the post-season testing at Yas Marina, DeFrancesco set the sixth fastest lap overall and showed great consistency.

Devlin DeFrancesco commented: ‘I’m super looking forward to this year. I started to work with Giacomo Ricci and everybody from Trident at the tail end of last year. These guys are pretty unbelievable, I have a great engineer, Andrea Mancini, and the mechanics are really switched on as well. The new car feels quite a bit different from last year. We learned a fair few things at the shakedown and I look forward to making more progress at the official test at Paul Ricard. It’s going to be a hard year it’s such a competitive field but I’m ready to bounce back from a difficult 2018.”

Trident team manager Giacomo Ricci said: “We are delighted to welcome DeFrancesco. He really impressed us with the skills and consistency he showed last season. We also had the chance to evaluate him first-hand in the post-season testing in Abu Dhabi, and he really impressed the technical staff so we quickly found the right chemistry together. I am sure that all the best conditions are now in place for a high-quality season.”