2025 GB3 Championship

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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]

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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]

TeamNo.DriverRounds
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Argenti with Prema TBA Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cui Yuanpu TBC
TBA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Reza SeewooruthunTBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Dittmann RacingTBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elite MotorsportTBA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William MacintyreTBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fortec Motorsport TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hillspeed TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hitech Pulse-Eight TBA Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Keanu Al Azhari TBC
TBA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Deagen FaircloughTBC
TBA Flag of the United States.svg Nikita Johnson TBC
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JHR Developments TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of New Zealand.svg Rodin Motorsport TBA Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex NinovicTBC
TBA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Abbi Pulling TBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United States.svg VRD RacingTBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Xcel MotorsportTBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC
TBAFlag of none.svg TBATBC

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. [7] [8]

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. [9]

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. [9] [10] 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. [11] [12] [13]

Rodin Motorsport's reigning champion Louis Sharp will graduate to the team's FIA F3 outfit. [14] 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. [15] [16]

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. [17]

RoundCircuitDateSupportingMap of circuit locations
1R1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)		26–27 April British GT Championship
R2
R3
2R4 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Circuit Zandvoort
(Zandvoort, Netherlands)		17–18 May GT World Challenge Europe
R5
R6
3R7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
(Spa, Belgium)		31 May – 1 JuneSpa Euro Race
R8
R9
4R10 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungaroring
(Mogyoród, Hungary)		5–6 July International GT Open
R11
R12
5R13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit
(Grand Prix Circuit, Northamptonshire)		2–3 AugustMSVR race weekend
R14
R15
6R16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brands Hatch
(Grand Prix Circuit, Kent)		23–24 August British GT Championship
R17
R18
7R19 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donington Park
(Grand Prix Circuit, Leicestershire)		4–5 October British GT Championship
R20
R21
8R22 Flag of Italy.svg Monza Circuit
(Monza, Italy)		18–19 October International GT Open
R23
R24

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. [18]

RacesPosition, points per race
1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th16th17th18th19th20th
Races 1 & 23529242119171513121110987654321
Race 3201715131110987654321

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