Motor racing championship
The 2025 GB3 Championship is a scheduled motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The 2025 season is the tenth organised by the British Racing Drivers' Club in the United Kingdom, and the fifth season under the GB3 moniker after rebranding from the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship in mid-2021. The championship will feature a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded drivers. The season is scheduled to be run over eight triple-header rounds, starting in April and ending in October.[1]
Teams and drivers
The 2025 season is scheduled to see the introduction of a new chassis and engine package. The new Tatuus MSV GB3-025 will conform to the FIA Formula Regional regulations while featuring a higher downforce output than its predecessor as well as a drag reduction system.[2] The Pirelli tyres used will have their diameter increased by two inches, while the Mountune engine has also been redesigned and will provide 30BHP more power.[3]
Team changes
VRD Racing will become its own entry in 2025 after entering GB3 in collaboration with Arden International in 2024.[4]
UAE-based team Xcel Motorsport will expand into GB3 after first entering the British junior series landscape when it joined British F4 in 2023.[5]
Argenti Motorsport, who have been competing in British F4 since 2020, will join GB3 in a technical partnership with Italian junior single-seater team Prema Racing under the Argenti with Prema guise.[6]
Driver changes
New team Argenti with Prema signed two British F4 graduates in Reza Seewooruthun, who came third driving for Hitech Pulse-Eight, and Mercedes junior Cui Yuanpu, who finished the 2024 season in ninth competing for Argenti's Phinsys-branded outfit. Completing the team's lineup will be Lucas Fluxá, who graduates from Spanish F4 after finishing eighth with KCL by MP Motorsport in 2024.[7][8][9]
Elite Motorsport saw the return of William Macintyre, who leaves Hitech Pulse-Eight after coming fifth in 2024 to return to the team he competed for in the Ginetta Junior Championship.[10] The team also signed Bianca Bustamante, who spent 2024 racing in F1 Academy where she finished seventh with ART Grand Prix.[11]
Hitech Pulse-Eight will have an all-new driver lineup as William Macintyre will move to Elite Motorsport, Gerrard Xie will step up to the team's FIA Formula 3 outfit and Tymek Kucharczyk will leave the team.[10][12] The team promoted 2024 F4 British Champion Deagen Fairclough from its outfit in that championship, signed USF Pro 2000 Championship runner-up Nikita Johnson, who also came eleventh in GB3 in 2024 with VRD Racing by Arden, and recruited Keanu Al Azhari, who was 2024 F4 Spanish runner-up with MP Motorsport.[13][14][15]
Last year's runner-up John Bennett leaves JHR Developments and the series as he steps up to Formula 2 with Van Amersfoort Racing.[16]
Rodin Motorsport also enter 2025 with three new drivers as reigning champion Louis Sharp graduates to the team's FIA F3 outfit, Arthur Rogeon leaves the team and neither of the team's four part-time drivers in 2024 returned.[17] Rodin promoted British F4 runner-up Alex Ninovic and 2024 F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling from their outfits in the respective championships, with Pulling receiving a fully-funded seat because of her championship title.[18][19] Gianmarco Pradel, who finished 7th in Italian F4 with US Racing, will complete the team's lineup.[20]
Race calendar
The provisional calendar was announced on 22 August 2024. The series continued its evolution from a British-focused calendar towards racing all over Europe. It added another event outside the United Kingdom with the championship set to make its debut at Monza, and dropped Oulton Park from the list of its venues.[21]
Championship standings
- Scoring system
Points will be awarded to the top 20 classified finishers in races one and two, with the third race awarding points to only the top 15. Race three, which will have its grid formed by reversing the top twelve from the qualifying order, will award extra points, up until a maximum of twelve, for positions gained from the drivers' respective starting positions.[22]
| Races
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Position, points per race
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| 1st
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2nd
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3rd
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4th
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5th
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6th
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7th
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8th
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9th
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10th
|
11th
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12th
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13th
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14th
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15th
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16th
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17th
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18th
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19th
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20th
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| Races 1 & 2
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35
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29
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24
|
21
|
19
|
17
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15
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13
|
12
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11
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10
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9
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8
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7
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6
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5
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4
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3
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2
|
1
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| Race 3
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20
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17
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15
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13
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11
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10
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9
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8
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7
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6
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5
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4
|
3
|
2
|
1
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References
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