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
editThe 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]
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Team changes
editVRD Racing will run by themselves for this season after being run 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
editHitech Pulse-Eight will have an all-new driver lineup as William Macintyre and Tymek Kucharczyk will leave the team and Gerrard Xie will step up to the team's FIA Formula 3 outfit.[7] 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.[8][9][10]
Rodin Motorsport's reigning champion Louis Sharp will graduate to the team's FIA F3 outfit.[11] The team promoted British F4 runner-up Alex Ninovic and F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling from their outfits in the respective championships, with Pulling receving a fully-funded seat because of her championship title.[12][13]
Race calendar
editThe 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.[14]
| Round | Circuit | Date | Supporting | Map of circuit locations | |
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| 1 | R1 | (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) |
26–27 April | British GT Championship | |
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| 2 | R4 | (Zandvoort, Netherlands) |
17–18 May | GT World Challenge Europe | |
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| 3 | R7 | (Spa, Belgium) |
31 May – 1 June | Spa Euro Race | |
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| 4 | R10 | (Mogyoród, Hungary) |
5–6 July | International GT Open | |
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| 5 | R13 | (Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire) |
2–3 August | MSVR race weekend | |
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| 6 | R16 | (Grand Prix Circuit, Kent) |
23–24 August | British GT Championship | |
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| 7 | R19 | (Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire) |
4–5 October | British GT Championship | |
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| 8 | R22 | (Monza, Italy) |
18–19 October | International GT Open | |
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Championship standings
edit- 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.[15]
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | |
| Races 1 & 2 | 35 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Race 3 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
References
edit- ^ "GB3 Championship reveals F1-focused 2025 calendar with Monza finale". www.gb-3.net. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Whitfield, Steve (12 June 2024). "GB3 unveils new faster car with DRS for 2025 onwards". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Brabner, George (12 June 2024). "GB3 to introduce 'F1-inspired' Tatuus car for 2025 season". Feeder Series. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2024-10-01). "USA's Velocity Racing Development team to race in GB3 under own name". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
- ^ Whitfield, Steve (2024-11-14). "Xcel Motorsport to enter GB3 in 2025". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
- ^ Whitfield, Steve (2024-11-22). "Argenti Motorsport partners with Prema for 2025 GB3 entry". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Gerrard Xie signs with Hitech Pulse-Eight for the 2025 season". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ "Dominant British F4 champion Deagen Fairclough moves up to GB3 with Hitech Pulse-Eight". www.gb-3.net. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "Nikita Johnson joins Hitech Pulse-Eight for 2025 GB3 campaign". www.gb-3.net. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Keanu Al Azhari joins Hitech Pulse-Eight for 2025 GB3 Championship campaign". www.gb-3.net. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
- ^ "Rodin Motorsport confirm Louis Sharp as first signing for the 2025 season". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Alex Ninovic confirmed as first driver for Rodin Motorsport's 2025 GB3 Championship team". www.gb-3.net. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Abbi Pulling wins F1 Academy title to secure 2025 GB3 drive with Rodin Motorsport". www.gb-3.net. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Whitfield, Steve (22 August 2024). "GB3 to race at Monza for first time as 2025 calendar announced". Formula Scout. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Wood, Ida (2024-03-25). "GB3 announces reversed-grid change and superlicence points for 2024". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2024-03-25.