Brand re-Joyces as top engineer signs up.

Brand Motorsports has announced the recruitment of Nordic Racing chief race engineer Brad Joyce, bringing yet another top F3000 engineer to the team and further outlining its ambitious plans for the 2003 FIA F3000 Championship.

Joyce will take responsibility for engineering one of four possible Brand Motorsports cars next season, and will be keen to demonstrate his experience to his new colleagues, having worked with former championship winners Nordic for the past two seasons.

"I was chief engineer at Nordic and, last year, was engineer to Tomas Enge in a successful season that included eight race wins and 15 podium finishes," he said of a campaign that ultimately foundered on his charge's failed drugs test.

"That is my motivation for joining Brand Motorsports. Everyone involved has an ambition to achieve success, and working alongside reputable engineers such as Gary Davies and Don Weston-Rap?r is not only exciting for me, but demonstrates that the team is preparing in the right way and really does mean business.

"The premises are certainly superior to any that I have previously seen in F3000, and the potential for success is very evident. It is fantastic to be involved from the early stages of a team's development, and I am sure that the efforts of all those involved at Brand Motorsports will be rewarded come the end of the season."

Joyce slots into the Brand line-up alongside chief race engineer Gary Davies, himself a recent recruit from Arden International.

"We are delighted that Brad has agreed to join us," Davies said, "We are assembling a team of experienced race engineers who will work closely together, sharing information for the benefit of the team and strengthening our racing capabilities for future projects.

"Although Brad will be responsible for the dedicated preparation of one of our racing entries, his knowledge and technical expertise is invaluable and will contribute to our entire operation."

Brand has yet to announce any of its drivers for 2003, having taken over the Red Bull Junior team's entry in the series.