Jordan King , the son of former Sainsbury ’ s chief executive Justin King , is the new development driver at Manor , the F1 team of which his father is chairman . King will also compete this season in GP2 , F1 ’ s feeder series , with a view to taking on full racing responsibilities for Manor in the future . Former Formula Three champion Jordan King is the new development driver at Manor . The 21-year-old will also compete this season in GP2 , F1 ’ s feeder series . ‘ I am obviously over the moon to be joining Manor Marussia F1 Team as a development driver , ’ said King , 21 , who was Formula Three champion in 2013 . ‘ This is such an exciting project , full of great people and with a real chance of success . This is another great step closer to my ultimate goal of racing in Formula One. ’ King ’ s father is one of the major figures in the rebirth of Manor after the team , then known as Marussia , went into administration at the end of last season . He has worked closely with the main backer , energy entrepreneur Stephen Fitzgerald , to get them on to the grid for the season ’ s opening race in Melbourne on Sunday . It was also announced today that Spaniard Roberto Mehri , 23 , will take the second race seat at Manor , alongside Brit Will Stevens . Ovo founder Stephen Fitzpatrick ( left ) has joined forces with Jordan King 's dad Justin ( right ) Mehri had a season with Manor Motorsport in Formula Three Euro Series in 2009 , before winning the championship two years later . Last year he was third in the tough Formula Renault 3.5 Series and took part in practice for Caterham on the Fridays of grand prix weekends . Team principal John Booth said : ‘ It is fantastic to welcome Roberto and Jordan to the team . Not only are they very talented young drivers with exciting futures ahead of them , they are “ graduates ” of Manor Motorsport in junior formulas , which is obviously very rewarding for us , given that the development of young talent is an important part of our philosophy .
Jordan King is the son of Manor interim chairman Justin King . The club has been in administration since May and will be liquidated by a court on October 31.