Adrian Quaife-Hobbs has announced that he will be returning to the GP2 Series for a second season in 2014.

He will be racing for Italian based team Rapax and he will be joined by Simon Trummer as his teammate as they begin their assault on the GP2 crow.

Quaife-Hobbs joined MP Motorsport last season and also drove for Hilmer Motorsport after making the switch during the season.

Speaking about making the move to Rapax, Adrian said: “I am delighted to be joining Rapax for my 2014 season in GP2. After a successful rookie year in the 2013 GP2 season I am looking forward to returning this season to fight for the championship.

“Together with Rapax I feel we can have a winning season. I am looking forward to getting in the car in Abu Dhabi for pre-season testing and working alongside a great team.”

Quaife-Hobbs made his GP2 début last year in Malaysia with MP Motorport, collecting a rummers-up spot on the podium in the Monaco sprint event in May, just eight races into his maiden season.

After a total of six weekends with the team, Quaife-Hobbs then made a mid-season switch to Hilmer Motorsports for the rest of 2013 and along the way collected his first series win at the end of a hard-fought Monza sprint race in September.

It isn’t just Adrian who is delighted to be joining Rapax, his team are equally delighted to be signing the young Pembury based racer.

CEO Andrea Bergamini said: “I am very happy and proud to have Adrian in our team, he is one of the most impressive young drivers of the last season and he will be forming a high-quality couple with Simon.”

“Adrian can also benefit from the good developmental path he has enjoyed. He grew up season after season and did well in all the series he entered so far. I am also happy to welcome a driver from the British tradition. I expect a top-class mix together with the Italian professionalism of Team Rapax.”

Quaife-Hobbs’ signing comes with just under a week before all the GP2 teams are due to participate in the first of two pre-season test sessions, the first at Abu Dabi from March 11 to 13 with the second planned for Bahrain International Circuit the following week.

The first race of the season will take place on April 4 in Bahrain, with Quaife-Hobbs setting his sights on regular podium places in 2014.