2023 Rising Star Candidates Announced

The final camp of the TOSFED Yıldızını Arıyor project, run under FIAT title sponsorship since 2017, was held at TOSFED Körfez Race Circuit on 28-29 September with 50 candidates taking part. With additional support from Petlas and Red Bull, the final selection rounds saw Orhan Avcıoğlu, Murat Bostancı, Fatih Selim Göçer, Seda Kaçan and Eda Odabaş act as mentors. Dietitian Aybüke Aydın, who also works with Olympic athletes, and Göksu Şenol led a comprehensive nutrition tips session on how to refill the energy tanks. In the social area that had been set up, with a festival atmosphere and live music, participants also had the chance to try the reflex wall as part of the Red Bull Try Outs activation. After hard-fought final selection rounds, Hasan Çelik, Muzaffer Tayyip Odabaş, Doğa Petek, Roy Arhanyan, Ege Ekmekçibaşı, Talha Doğdu, Berat Koyun, Volkan Akın, Mustafa Ömür and Ahmet Mert Yolcu earned their places in the competition, along with Sevde Zehra Yıldırım, Betül Pınar, Hilal Olgun and Yağmur Tunç in the women's category. The selected candidates will compete in three separate races at TOSFED Körfez Race Circuit on 24-25-26 November, alongside Round 5 of the AVIS 2023 Turkish Circuit Racing Championship, and the female and male stars of 2023 will be determined.