Red Bull racers Mikhail Aleshin and Robert Wickens will remain at Carlin Motorsport for the 2008 World Series by Renault championship.
Russian driver Aleshin was a race winner with Carlin last season, while Wickens completed the final two rounds of the 2007 season with the team, following Sebastian Vettel's departure to
F1.
Aleshin, who eventually finished the season joint 12th in the standings, has set his sights on going all the way next year.
"I'm very pleased to be staying with Carlin for 2008, in my opinion they are the best team in World Series," noted the 20-year-old. "To win the championship is obviously the aim - for sure we can do this – we've shown great speed this season.
"My engineer Harvey Spencer has helped me enormously and always provided me with a good car. Drivers such as
Robert Kubica and my team-mate from last year,
Sebastian Vettel, have shown its possible to make a successful transition to F1 direct from World Series, so I'm very happy to be driving in the championship next season."
Wickens, who has already made his mark in single-seater racing, having won the Formula
BMW USA championship and who finished in the points in only his second WSbR race, is equally positive about the 2008 season.
"I'm extremely pleased with my programme for next season," added the 18-year-old. "Carlin is a great team and I was fortunate enough to complete the last two races with them this year, where they did a fantastic job and really made me feel welcome.
"I can't wait to test the new car for the first time, it looks very impressive! We've been making good progress in testing, hopefully this will continue in the new car next year."
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